Our challenges 1.9 million species ≠ 1.9 million names Millions of content objects, some with invalid names Disagreement among taxonomists Propagation of errors Lack of completeness Need a consensus browsing hierarchy Need quality Need scalability – we have ONE taxonomist on staff

1.3 million pages

What if we get content that is not in Catalogue of Life? 575,000!

Alternate browsing classifications

Alternate browsing classifications

Updating EOL Can add and set preferred vernacular names Find source of problems (e.g. Flickr), urge them to fix Report to COLP and ITIS Add comments on offending object, or explanatory text

object on EOL page LifeDesks – export classification and offer to COL

Future directions

Import LifeDesk hierarchies into EOL Make non-COL names easier to navigate

to while browsing Hope that COL gets more dynamic, and GNA/GNITE Other ideas . . .

Global Names – Interface for Taxonomic Editing

All names

GNI

Local classifications

RGs

GNA - CLRRepository mirror

IPT

GNUB

Repository

CheckListBank

Nomenclatural(& taxonomic)

needs

All usages

POSTBOX

Parsing

Lexical

Homotypicreconciliation

Heterotypicreconciliation

Names management

Hierarchymerge

RG management

vernaculars management

User registry

Surrogates

reference management

AnnotationNames /

relationships

External sources

INTERFACE

Homonyms / Chresonyms

Web and stand-alone• Overall flow – from an external source, converted to DWCA and dropped into

the classification repository, from which information is drawn into an instantiation of GFNIRE and worked on

• Result returned to CLR, available to EOL or 3rd parties for re-use

The toolkit will extend LifeDesks / ScratchPads taxonomic editor

Schedule

GNITE v 1 expected July, but seeking beta testers

We will create a composite classification from parts we have assembled in GNA CLR, and this will provide raw materials for others to work with