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LSID deployment in the Catalogue of Life
Orme, E.R.; Jones, A.C.; White, R.J. (2008). LSID deployment in the Catalogue of Life, in: BNCOD 2008 Biodiversity Informatics Workshop; 10 July 2008, Cardiff University, United Kingdom. pp. [no pag.]
In: (2008). BNCOD 2008 Biodiversity Informatics Workshop; 10 July 2008, Cardiff University, United Kingdom. Cardiff University: Cardiff. [no pag.] pp., more
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  • Orme, E.R.
  • Jones, A.C.
  • White, R.J., more
Abstract
    In this paper we describe a GBIF/TDWG-funded project in which LSIDs have been deployed in the Catalogue of Life's Annual and Dynamic Checklist products as a means of identifying species and highertaxa in these large species catalogues. We look at the technical infrastructure requirements and topology for the LSID resolution process and characteristics of the RDF (Resource Description Framework) metadatareturned by the resolver. Such characteristics include the use of concepts and relationships taken from the TDWG (Taxonomic Database Working Group) ontology and how a given taxon LSID relates to others including those issued by database providers and those above and below it in the taxonomic tree. Finally we evaluate the project and LSID usage in general. We also look to the future when the CoL LSID infrastructure will have to deal changing taxonomic information, annually in the case of the Annual Checklist and possibly much more frequently in the case of the Dynamic Checklist.
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