Universal Biological Indexer and OrganizerResearch Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

MBL / WHOI LIBRARY

The uBio project - an internet based biological name server and how it can be used to

organize information about organisms on the internet.

David Remsen and David J. Patterson

http://www.ubio.org

Location

Confusion

Utility

• Names are a universal element within almost all biological information

• Key to managing that information• A Name Service is required that can:

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Provide a Service

Separate nomenclature from taxonomy

Represent Multiple Opinions

Represent varying precision

Provide full attribution

Have Wide Application

Have Wide Application

Have Wide Application

Play well with others