[Taxacom] taxonomic names databases

[Roderic Page]

Hi Tony,

I'd argue that focus sing on getting. A list of names alone is not enough, I'd spin the problem around and say we should get the taxonomic literature, because that contains the names linked to evidence. We're awash in unsupported lists of names, which we endlessly recycle up the food chain until the end up in places like GBIF and nobody has a clue where they came from or whether they are actual names.

I think we're still proceeding as if the literature was physical and we need to create 5x3 index cards of names. We can do a lot better than that.

Regards,

Rod

Rod Page wrote:

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With a “bit” of work we could move towards having full citations and page links for all eukaryote taxonomic names...
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Indeed ... or even just a list of all the names...

Cheers - Tony

Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
https://about.me/TonyRees

On 27 August 2016 at 02:41, Paul Kirk <P.Kirk at kew.org<mailto:P.Kirk at kew.org>> wrote:
You sure did ...


IF provides OCR'd text - via BHL links; some article level data also there thanks to your work.

Linking names to articles is low priority, for my time, especially for the old stuff ... and I'm sure 'articles' will 'soon' be a thing of the past.


Indeed we could have all those links - one of the challenges is to do it once and use it many times, rather than lots of people doing the same thing lots of times.

Paul