[Taxacom] taxonomic names databases

[Tony Rees]

Hi Jonathan,

Catalogue of Life data are available as Darwin Core Archive format for
download here:

http://www.catalogueoflife.org/DCA_Export/

I guess you still need to comply with their "terms of use" for the data
though.

Cheers - Tony

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

On 28 August 2016 at 09:34, Jonathan Rees <jar at mumble.net> wrote:

>
> On Aug 27, 2016, at 6:36 PM, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > As I mentioned, the Catalogue of Life sources its spiders taxonomic
> names component from the World Spider Catalog so if you download CoL, you
> should get that element of the data (presumably there is an option to
> filter by data source therein). I don't think you can download the entire
> database in its native format but that is common to most such systems.
>
> Tony,
>
> No disagreement at all. My quibble was not about the ability to access,
> but about whether access was "excellent". I looked at the CoL site and
> could not find a download link, just instructions saying you have to send
> them email ( http://catalogueoflife.org/content/annual-checklist-archive
> ), agree to terms of use (that's a kind of legal contract), and submit to
> an audit ( http://catalogueoflife.org/content/terms-use ). Obviously it
> is possible to get the information, and it's great that the DVD and so on
> are available after interacting with a human, and I'm sure they have their
> reasons for doing business the way they do, but that's all beside the
> point. With respect to access, "excellence" (as opposed to "good" or
> "fair")  hinges on how easy it is to get access, and email + contract +
> audit does not qualify as easy.
>
> Jonathan
>
>