Post on 18-May-2015
Taxonomic Name Resolution Service
http://evoio.org/wiki/Phylotastic/TNRSby Gaurav Vaidya (http://ggvaidya.com/)
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Panthera tigris
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Panthera tigris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_tigris
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Panthera tigris
http://eol.org/pages/328674/overview
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Panthera tigris
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore?term=Panthera%20tigris
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Panthera tigris
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=9694&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
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Panthera tigris
http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/searchWithMap.htm?c[0].s=20&c[0].p=0&c[0].o=5219416
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Panthera tigris
http://www.mappinglife.org/Panthera_tigris
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Problems
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Synonymy
http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Panthera_tigris
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Synonymyhttp://data.gbif.org/occurrences/searchWithMap.htm?c[0].s=20&c[0].p=0&c[0].o=4969819
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FormattingPanthera tigrisP. tigrisPanthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1758Panthera tigris L.Panthera tigris Linn.Panthera_tigrisPtigris_gi_440919618felidae/panthera/panthera_tigris
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MisspellingsPantera tigrisP. tigrsPanthera tigris (Linneaus, 1758)Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1858Panthera tigris l.Panthera tigris linn.Panthera_tigriscoiPt_gi_440919618felidae/panthera/panthera_tigris
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Homonymshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucibulum
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Homonymshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucibulum_(gastropod)
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Changes in circumscription
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
Monday, 28 January, 13
Changes in circumscription
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
Monday, 28 January, 13
Changes in circumscription
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
Monday, 28 January, 13
Changes in circumscription
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
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Differences in opinionhttp://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
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iPlant TNRS
For more information: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/14/16
http://tnrs.iplantcollaborative.org/TNRSapp.html
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Taxosaurus
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Taxosaurus
http://api.phylotastic.org/tnrs
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What works?
An API for matching names.
Names => URLs
Software which matches names against:
Mammal Species of the World, 3rd ed
NCBI Taxonomy
iPlant TNRS
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What’s next?More databases:
ITIS (all life)
IRMNG (all life)
WoRMS (marine species)
More features:
Fuzzy matching.
Provenance.
More reliable.
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But ...
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Matching names against names
Bininda-Emonds et al (2007)Nature 446: 507-512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05634
Monday, 28 January, 13
Matching names against names
Bininda-Emonds et al (2007)Nature 446: 507-512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05634
Logo from http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/Monday, 28 January, 13
Matching names against names
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