Refers to local, national or regional pathogens portals hosted and developed by a local community. Links to various existing resources can be found here: https://www.pathogensportal.org/national-data-portal. Within the Pathogen Data Network initiative, it also refers to the reference software implementation that will be provided to enable local communities to rapidly deploy their own local pathogens portal. Previously known as the Local Pathogens Portal (LPP)