global names ievobio 2012
DESCRIPTION
Delivered by Anne Thessen at lightning talks for ievobio2012, http://ievobio.org/TRANSCRIPT
Global NamesRecognizing and Resolving Scientific Names
to Current Usage
Dmitry Mozzherin, David Shorthouse, Patrick Leary,Lakshmi Manohar Akella, David Patterson, and Anne Thessen
…specimens ofGryllus nimpha were collected from…
Arcyptera fusca (Pallas, 1773)
Arcyoptera stollii
Gryllus cothurnatus
Gryllus (Locusta) variegatus
Why?
• Many scientific names for same taxon• Many taxa with same name• Names need global resolution
Global Names Tool Pipeline
*.globalnames.org
Edit
http://gnite.org
Index
http://gni.*
Atomize…{genus: { epitheton: "Pardosa" },species: { basionymAuthorTeam: { year: "1892”, authorTeam: "Banks", author: ["Banks”] }, epitheton: "moesta", authorship: "Banks, 1892" }}…
Resolve
http://resolver.*
Find
http://gnrd.*
Applying Global Names Tools
# N
ames
foun
d
Data Packages Published PDF0
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t220 =, 3.68 p = 0.0003
Coming Soon
Where?http://globalnames.org
Name-finding: http://gnrd.globalnames.orgResolving: http://resolver.globalnames.org
https://github.com/GlobalNamesArchitecture