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Biodiversity Information Science and Standards : Conference Abstract
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Johan Liljeblad‡, Tapani Lahti§
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Corresponding author: Johan Liljeblad (cynips@gmail.com)
Received: 17 Jun 2019 | Published: 26 Jun 2019
© 2019 Johan Liljeblad, Tapani Lahti
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation: Liljeblad J, Lahti T (2019) Establishing Taxon Links Between the Nordic/Baltic Countries via Linked Open Data. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e37428. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.37428
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Abstract
While the technology behind Linked Open Data is relatively straightforward, establishing and managing links between identical taxon concepts in different databases is not. Machine-matching of similar or identical names is just a start. Not only do you need a checklist with stable identifiers tied to taxon concepts rather than names, you also need to engage taxonomic experts to identify problematic names and find a way to communicate taxonomic changes over time. In the end, this means a lot of time and money, and before you commit to such an investment you also need a plan for keeping things updated. However, once these links are established and additional trait standards agreed upon, the field is open for exchange of a multitude of species information. This process is illustrated with a Nordic/Baltic example, focusing on Dyntaxa, the Swedish Taxonomic Database, also housing the Icelandic checklist.
Keywords
checklist, matching, taxon concepts, identifiers, taxon links, changes, expert
Presenting author
Johan Liljeblad
Presented at
Biodiversity_Next 2019