1. Taxonomic Name
Resolution Service
http://evoio.org/wiki/Phylotastic/TNRS
by Gaurav Vaidya (http://ggvaidya.com/)
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2. Panthera tigris
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3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_tigris
Panthera tigris
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4. http://eol.org/pages/328674/overview
Panthera tigris
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5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore?term=Panthera%20tigris
Panthera tigris
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6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=9694&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
Panthera tigris
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7. http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/searchWithMap.htm?c[0].s=20&c[0].p=0&c[0].o=5219416
Panthera tigris
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8. http://www.mappinglife.org/Panthera_tigris
Panthera tigris
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9. Problems
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10. http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Panthera_tigris
Synonymy
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11. http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/searchWithMap.htm?c[0].s=20&c[0].p=0&c[0].o=4969819
Synonymy
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12. Formatting
Panthera tigris
P. tigris
Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Panthera tigris L.
Panthera tigris Linn.
Panthera_tigris
Ptigris_gi_440919618
felidae/panthera/panthera_tigris
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13. Misspellings
Pantera tigris
P. tigrs
Panthera tigris (Linneaus, 1758)
Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1858
Panthera tigris l.
Panthera tigris linn.
Panthera_tigriscoi
Pt_gi_440919618
felidae/panthera/panthera_tigris
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14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucibulum
Homonyms
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15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucibulum_(gastropod)
Homonyms
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16. http://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
Changes in circumscription
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17. http://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
Changes in circumscription
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18. http://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
Changes in circumscription
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19. http://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
Changes in circumscription
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20. http://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/31
Differences in opinion
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21. http://tnrs.iplantcollaborative.org/TNRSapp.html
iPlant TNRS
For more information: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/14/16
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22. Taxosaurus
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23. http://api.phylotastic.org/tnrs
Taxosaurus
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24. 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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25. 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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26. But ...
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27. Bininda-Emonds et al (2007)Nature 446: 507-512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05634
Matching names against names
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28. Bininda-Emonds et al (2007)Nature 446: 507-512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05634
Matching names against names
Logo from http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/
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29. Matching names against names
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