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So Many Names
…towards a Global Names
Architecture
Charles Hussey
Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity
Natural History Museum, London
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Outline of Talk
(1)
Issues to contend with (3 examples)
(2)
How Species Dictionary tackles these
(3)
Integration: GNA as the future
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The Rat Problem
European Water Vole
Arvicola terrestris
Arvicola amphibius
Arvicola terrestris amphibius
Arvicola amphibius terrestris
Ratty
The Water Rat
“The Wind in the Willows” Kenneth Grahame
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So why the change?
Wilson & Reeder’s Mammal Species of the World, 3rd Edition
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Message
If a name is in use
then you need to be able to track it
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Message
Taxonomy is dynamic
and
an international enterprise
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Names as strings of characters…
Agalinus paupercula borealis
Agalinus pauperculum borealis
Agalinis paupercula var. Borealis
Agalinus pauperculum var. borealis
Agalinus paupercula var. borealis
Agalinus paupercula var. borealis Pennell
Agalinus paupercula Britton var. borealis Pennell
Agalinus paupercula (Gray) Britt. var. borealis Pennell
Agalinis paupercula (A.Gray) Britton var. borealis Pennell
Agalinus paupercula (Gray) Britton var. borealis (Pennell) Zenkert 1934
Gerardia paupercula borealis
Gerardia paupercula var. borealis
Gerardia paupercula var. borealis (Pennell) Deam
Gerardia paupercula (Gray) Britt. var. borealis (Pennell) Deam
Gerardia paupercula (Gray) Britt. var. borealis (Pennell) Deam
Gerardia paupercula (A. Gray) Britton var. borealis (Pennell) Deam
Gerardia paupercula (A. Gray) Britton subsp. borealis (Pennell) Pennell
Gerardia paupercula (Gray) Britt. ssp. borealis (Pennell) Pennell
Gerardia paupercula Britton ssp. borealis Pennell
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Names as strings of characters…
Actinobacillus actimomycetemcomitans
Actinobacillus actimycetemcomitans
Actinobacillus actinmycetemcomitans
Actinobacillus actinomicetemcomitans
Actinobacillus actinomy
Actinobacillus actinomyce
Actinobacillus actinomycemcomitans
Actinobacillus actinomyceremcomitans
Actinobacillus actinomycetam
Actinobacillus actinomycetamcomitans
Actinobacillus actinomycetecomitans
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcmitans
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomintans
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitance
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitants
• Difficulties with Latinized Names
• Transcription errors
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcommitans
Actinobacillus actinomycetemocimitans
Actinobacillus actinomycetencomitans
Actinobacillus actinomycetum
Actinobacillus actinomyctemcomitans
Actinobacillus actinomyectomcomitans
Actinobacillus actinomyetemcomitans
Actinobacillus actinonmycetemcomitans
Actinobacillus actionomycetemcomitans
Actinobacillus actynomicetemcomitans
Actinobacillus antinomycetemcomitans
Nomenclator provides correct spelling. Indexing infrastructure resolves to it.
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Message
name strings need to be
reconciled to
currently valid names
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Taxonomic Resources in Europe
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Global Taxonomic Resources
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
International Plant Names Index
Catalogue of Life
Zoobank
Index Fungorum
Encyclopedia of Life
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Components of the Global Names Architecture
Global Names Index (GNI)
Global Names Usage Bank (GNUB)
Checklist Bank
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Name Reconciliation Services
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Names tools
Reconciliation tools
Annotation or flagging tools
Classification tools
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Log of changes made in the Species Dictionary
over 8 years (April 2003 – April 2011)
558,750 edits
= 69,844 edits per year
= 191 edits per day!
(= 317 per working day)
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"Everything changes,
nothing remains without change"
Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.
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PESI: www.eu-nomen.eu/pesi/
IPNI: www.ipni.org
ZooBank: www.zoobank.org
Index Fungorum: www.indexfungorum.org
GBIF Data Portal: www.data.gbif.org
GNA: www.globalnames.org
GNITE: www.globalnames.org/GNITE
Species Dictionary: www.nhm.ac.uk/researchcuration/research/projects/species-dictionary
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