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View article: Widespread support for a global species list with a formal governance system
Widespread support for a global species list with a formal governance system Open
Taxonomic data are a scientific common. Unlike nomenclature, which has strong governance institutions, there are currently no generally accepted governance institutions for the compilation of taxonomic data into an accepted global list. Th…
View article: Quality Control/Quality Assurance within the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Quality Control/Quality Assurance within the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Open
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System*1 (ITIS) and Species 2000*2 have worked together for two decades after signing an agreement to form the Catalogue of Life*3 (COL), striving to provide current and complete Global Species Database…
View article: Towards a Quality Assurance and Quality Control Mechanism for Species List Building
Towards a Quality Assurance and Quality Control Mechanism for Species List Building Open
Catalogue of Life (COL) brings together the efforts and contributions of taxonomists from around the world, and addresses the needs of researchers, policy-makers, environmental managers and the wider public for a consistent, up-to-date and…
View article: Biodiversity data supports research on human infectious diseases: Global trends, challenges, and opportunities
Biodiversity data supports research on human infectious diseases: Global trends, challenges, and opportunities Open
The unprecedented generation of large volumes of biodiversity data is consistently contributing to a wide range of disciplines, including disease ecology. Emerging infectious diseases are usually zoonoses caused by multi-host pathogens. Th…
View article: Internet of Samples: Creating and Mapping Controlled Vocabularies for Specimen Type, Material Type, and Sampled Feature
Internet of Samples: Creating and Mapping Controlled Vocabularies for Specimen Type, Material Type, and Sampled Feature Open
Material samples are vital across multiple scientific disciplines with samples collected for one project often proving valuable for additional studies. The Internet of Samples (iSamples) project aims to integrate large, diverse, cross-disc…
View article: Towards a global list of accepted species VI: The Catalogue of Life checklist
Towards a global list of accepted species VI: The Catalogue of Life checklist Open
Despite the important role that species names play in multiple fields, there is no globally complete list of known and described species. This lack is a result simultaneously of the complexity of planetary biodiversity, the long history of…
View article: Internet of Samples
Internet of Samples Open
Material samples are indispensable data sources in many natural science, social science, and humanity disciplines. More and more researchers recognize that samples collected in one discipline can be of great value for another. This has mot…
View article: Internet of Samples: Progress report
Internet of Samples: Progress report Open
Material samples form an important portion of the data infrastructure for many disciplines. Here, a material sample is a physical object, representative of some physical thing, on which observations can be made. Material samples may be col…
View article: ITIS and the Global Taxonomic Backbone
ITIS and the Global Taxonomic Backbone Open
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) provides a regularly updated, global database that currently contains over 868,000 scientific names and their hierarchy. The program exists to communicate a comprehensive taxonomy of globa…
View article: Internet of Samples (iSamples): Toward an interdisciplinary cyberinfrastructure for material samples
Internet of Samples (iSamples): Toward an interdisciplinary cyberinfrastructure for material samples Open
Sampling the natural world and built environment underpins much of science, yet systems for managing material samples and associated (meta)data are fragmented across institutional catalogs, practices for identification, and discipline-spec…
View article: Going Molecular: Sequence-based spatiotemporal biodiversity evidence in GBIF
Going Molecular: Sequence-based spatiotemporal biodiversity evidence in GBIF Open
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) was established by governments in 2001, largely through the initiative and leadership of the natural history collections community, following the 1999 recommendation by a working group un…
View article: Biodiversity: Local Implementation – Keynote
Biodiversity: Local Implementation – Keynote Open
A prevalent challenge to the uniform curation of biodiversity data is the extent to which individual initiatives can manage the production, organization, description, maintenance, and administration of digital assets in the long term. Fund…
View article: Scientific Names: Linking the Past to Provide Context for Knowledge
Scientific Names: Linking the Past to Provide Context for Knowledge Open
<p>The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS - www.itis.gov) maintains a regularly updated database of global scientific names and their hierarchical or synonymic relationships. Containing over 840,000 scientific names, ITIS …
View article: NMNH Paleobiology Specimen Records (USNM)
NMNH Paleobiology Specimen Records (USNM) Open
Public records from the Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. These data cover accessioned specimens representing fossil invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants from all over the world and …
View article: NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US)
NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US) Open
Public records of accessioned specimens and observations curated by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. These data are from the Departments of Botany, Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology and Vertebrate Zoology (Am…
View article: The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) Data Standard specification
The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) Data Standard specification Open
This FAIRsharing record describes: The GGBN Data Standard is a set of terms and controlled vocabularies designed to represent sample facts. It does not cover e.g., scientific name, geography, or physiological facts. This allows combining t…