Phylotastic TNRS, January 28, 2013

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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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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

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Matching names against names

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