Wanted: Standards for FAIR taxonomic concept representations and relationships.

ABSTRACT: Making the most of biodiversity data requires linking observations of biological species from multiple sources both efficiently and accurately (Bisby 2000, Franz et al. 2016). Aggregating occurrence records using taxonomic names and synonyms is computationally efficient but known to experience significant limitations on accuracy when the assumption of one-to-one relationships between names and biological entities breaks down (Remsen 2016, Franz and Sterner 2018). Taxonomic treatments and checklists provide authoritative information about the correct usage of names for species, including operational representations of the meanings of those names in the form of range maps, reference genetic sequences, or diagnostic traits. They increasingly provide taxonomic intelligence in the form of preci

SUBMITTER: Sterner B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9028594 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature