miss the forest : bringing together multiple taxonomies
DESCRIPTION
this presentation deals with the topics related to biodiversity and the issue of taxonomic classification systems in relation to their completeness, ambiguity, application and relevance for taxonomic research and collections management it was presented at the annual meeting of TDWG in Firenze, Italy http://www.tdwg.org/conference2013/TRANSCRIPT
Miss the Forest For The TreesBringing Together Multiple
Classifications
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Settingobject oriented Natural History Collection
Size / Ageview People
Background Taxonomy / Systematics
Relevancelocal - regional – national
continental - global
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Aimsstructure and analyze the Collection
taxonomically
Reason general Collection vs. separate Collectionsdigitized type material of certain groups
Grasses – Myrtaceae
Relevanceinternal – administratively - outreach
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objects
curation
Laurus L. / Lauraceae Juss. Illicium L. / Illiciaceae (DC.) A. C. Sm.
Magnolia L. / Magnoliaceae Juss. Annona L. / Annonaceae Juss.
workflow diagram
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classifications are stored in a relational database
elements
names - atomized name stringsconnected to external sources ( IPNI/Tropicos/...)
references - published literature (persons) / working listslinked to digital content via DOIs (publishers) or PURLs (BHL)
accepted taxa - incl. homo- and heterotypic synonyms and (inferred) basionym references
only accepted taxa used for linking up children with parents
Service based architecture
Served through REST service Interfaces with responses in JSON(P) format.
The Services are part of the JACQ database System, which is available as an OpenSource package on sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/projects/jacq/
Visualisation is provided using a jsTree (which is a jQuery based tree browser). The jsTree is directly connected to the service endpoints. This yields a layered software architecture, which is independent of the underlying database system.
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sources included 20131101
nationalExk. Flora of Austria (1994 / 2005 / 2008 ) – finished
regionalFlora Iranica (1963--) – only accepted taxa ( regional )
globalDalla Torre & Harms (1900-1908) – work in progressCronquist 1981 – completed
APG + recent update in Phytotaxa 2011 – completed (global )Lycophytes & Ferns & Gymnosperms - Phytotaxa 2011 – completedSoreng et al 20120808 – Grasses – completedFunk et al. 2009 – Compositae - completedAnnonaceae – showcase – familiy finished – lower taxa work in progressAmaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Portulacaceae (et al.) – work in progressEbenaceae, Myristicaceae – work in progress
classifications (incl. multiple taxonomies)
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classification bowser @ JACQ
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Future
Future enhancements to the classification browser will include a pre-rendering of classifications. This means that the strictly relational scheme will be pre-calculated into a faster structure, which yields a intentional information loss in order to provide citable (and therefore revision save) references to classifications through state of the art web Interfaces.
NETWORKS
• Global Plants Initiative – JSTOR• GBIF !• EUROPEANA – Cultural heritage of Europe• BHL• INSPIRE / GEOSS
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needs
for Curation and Handling
•Names / Taxa (?) labels / concepts•Classifications for sorting (?)
•physical / virtual„remove“ information from sourceScratchpads / Edit PlatformCybertaxonomy
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open questions
• servicespersistent availability of external servicescaching vs. incorporating of „used“ data(g)UIDs
• datacomplementing data stores / repositoriesforking / propagation of contentGUIDs
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Paul Maas (U - WAG), Wilfried MorawetzLars Chatrou (WAG), Elke Döring, Bernhard von Hagen, Martin Röser (HAL), Charlie Charvis (BM), Armando Urquiola (HPPR), Nelson Zamora (INB), Antonio Webber (UniAmaz), George Schatz (MO), Bobbi Angell, Jacky Kallunki, Mike Nee (NY), David Johnson (OWU), Álvaro Pérez (QCA), Adriana Lobão (RB), Renato Mello-Silva (SPB), Tom Wendt (TEX), Gerhard Gottsberger (ULM), Magda Chanco (USM), Otto Huber (VEN)Michael Malicky (LI), Fritz Ehrendorfer, Andrea Frosch-Radivo, Michael Hesse, Hanna Schneeweiß, Tod Stuessy, Walter Till (WU), Anton Igersheim, Ernst Vitek, Bruno Wallnöfer, Wolfgang Koller (W)
CURATORSA, ALCB, AAU, AMAZ, B, BAB, BH, BIGU, BM, BOLV, BP, BR, BSC, C, CAY, CEN, CHAPA, COAH, COL, CR, CUVC, CUZ, CVRD, E, EAP, ECON, EHH, ENCB, F, FDG, FHO, FI, FT, G, GB, GH, GJO, GOET, GUA, GUAT, GUAY, HAC, HAJB, HAL, HB, HPPR, HRB, HUA, HUEFS, IAN, IBGE, ICA, IJ, INB, INPA, IPA, JAUM, JE, K, L, LAGU, LE, LI, LINN, LL, LOJA, LPB, LZ, M, MA, MBM, MEDEL, MEXU, MG, MICH, MO, MY, NA, NY, OXF, P, PH, PI, PMA, PORT, PR, PRC, QCA, QCNE, R, RB, S, SCZ, SEL, SP, SPB, SPF, STRI, TEFH, TEX, TFAV, TO, U, UB, UCWI, ULM, UPS, US, USM, USZ, UVAL, VEN, W, WAG, WIS, WRSL, WU, XAL, Z, ZT
Financing / Support Austrian Academy of Sciences, Natural History Museum Vienna, University of Vienna, EU, GBIF, GBIF-AT
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