A vision for the future of taxonomic databases

David Eades

Illinois Natural History Survey

Presented at the Natural History Museum, London, 17 January 2007

Taxonomists Data users

Collectionsand

observations

Publications

Large dataaggregations

Data users

Specialpurpose

databases

Collectionand

observationdata

Publications

GBIFData users

Specialpurpose

databases

Collectionand

observationdata

Publications

CoLITIS

Species2000

GBIFData users

Specialpurpose

databases

Collectionand

observationdata

Publications

CoLITIS

Species2000

OSFcoverage

Keys andcharacters

Taxonnames

Specimensand

observations

Publications

Taxonconcepts

OSFcoverage

SDD

Keys andcharacters

GenBankMorphBank

Taxonnames

TCNTCS

ZooBankICZN

GIGOGCISO

NCD

Specimensand

observations

Darwin CoPE

Publications

BHL

Webpublishing

LSIDGUIDRDF

Taxonconcepts

OSFcoverage

SDD

Keys andcharacters

GenBankMorphBank

TaxonNames

TCNTCS

ZooBankICZN

GIGOGCISO

NCD

Specimensand

observations

Darwin CoPE

Publications

BHL

Webpublishing

LSIDGUIDRDF

Taxonconcepts

TCN (Taxon Concepts and Names)

TCS (Taxonomic Concepts Schema)

TCN (Taxon Concepts and Names)

TCS (Taxonomic Concepts Schema)

OSFcoverage

SDD

Keys andcharacters

GenBankMorphBank

Taxonnames

TCNTCS

ZooBankICZN

GIGOGCISO

NCD

Specimensand

observations

Darwin CoPE

Publications

BHL

Webpublishing

LSIDGUIDRDF

Taxonconcepts

ZooBankICZN

(International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature)

ZooBankICZN

(International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature)

OSFcoverage

SDD

Keys andcharacters

GenBankMorphBank

TaxonNames

TCNTCS

ZooBankICZN

GIGOGCISO

NCD

Specimensand

observations

Darwin CoPE

Publications

BHL

Webpublishing

LSIDGUIDRDF

TaxonConcepts

Keys and charactersSDD

(Structure of Descriptive Data)

Keys and charactersSDD

(Structure of Descriptive Data)

OSFcoverage

SDD

Keys andcharacters

GenBankMorphBank

Taxonnames

TCNTCS

ZooBankICZN

GIGOGCISO

NCD

Specimensand

observations

Darwin CoPE

Publications

BHL

Webpublishing

LSIDGUIDRDF

Taxonconcepts

PublicationsBHL

(Biodiversity Heritage Library)

PublicationsBHL

(Biodiversity Heritage Library)

OSFcoverage

SDD

Keys andcharacters

GenBankMorphBank

Taxonnames

TCNTCS

ZooBankICZN

GIGOGCISO

NCD

Specimensand

observations

Darwin CoPE

Publications

BHL

Webpublishing

LSIDGUIDRDF

TaxonConcepts

Specimens and observations NCD (Natural Collections

Descriptions)

Specimens and observations NCD (Natural Collections

Descriptions)

OSFcoverage

SDD

Keys andcharacters

GenBankMorphBank

TaxonNames

TCNTCS

ZooBankICZN

GIGOGCISO

NCD

Specimensand

observations

Darwin CoPE

Publications

BHL

Webpublishing

LSIDGUIDRDF

TaxonConcepts

Geospacial analysisGIG (Geospacial Interest Group)

OGC (Open Geospacial Consortium)ISO (International Standards

Organization)

Geospacial analysisGIG (Geospacial Interest Group)

OGC (Open Geospacial Consortium)ISO (International Standards

Organization)

OSFcoverage

SDD

Keys andcharacters

GenBankMorphBank

Taxonnames

TCNTCS

ZooBankICZN

GIGOGCISO

NCD

Specimensand

observations

Darwin CoPE

Publications

BHL

WebPublishing

LSIDGUIDRDF

Taxonconcepts

PaleontologyDarwin CoPE(Darwin Core

Paleontology Extension)

PaleontologyDarwin CoPE(Darwin Core

Paleontology Extension)

OSFcoverage

SDD

Keys andcharacters

GenBankMorphBank

TaxonNames

TCNTCS

ZooBankICZN

GIGOGCISO

NCD

Specimensand

observations

Darwin CoPE

Publications

BHL

WebPublishing

LSIDGUIDRDF

TaxonConcepts

LSIDs (Life Science Identifiers)

GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers)

GUID Working GroupRDF (Resource Description Framework)

LSIDs (Life Science Identifiers)

GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers)

GUID Working GroupRDF (Resource Description Framework)