| ABRS |
Australian Biological Resources Study |
| AIMS |
Australian Institute of Marine Science |
| ALA |
Atlas of Living Australia |
| auNSL |
National Species List |
| AusBIGG |
Australian Biodiversity Information Governance Group |
| CARE |
CARE principles for Indigenous data governance (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility and Ethics) |
| DwC |
Darwin CORE |
| DOI |
Digital Object Identifier |
| FAIR |
FAIR data (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability) |
| HISCOM |
Herbarium Information Systems Committee |
| NCRIS |
National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy |
| RASD |
Restricted Access Species Data |
| RASL |
Restricted Access Species List |
| TDWG |
Biodiversity Information Standards Group (also known by the abbreviation TDWG, previously known as the Taxonomic Databases Working Group) |
| TERN |
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network |