this presentation deals with the topics related to biodiversity and the issue of taxonomic classification systems in relation to their completeness, ambiguity, application and relevance for taxonomic research and collections management it was presented at the annual meeting of TDWG in Firenze, Italy http://www.tdwg.org/conference2013/

1. Miss the Forest For The Trees
Bringing Together Multiple
Classifications
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2. Setting
object oriented Natural History Collection
Size / Age
view People
Background
Relevance
Taxonomy / Systematics
local - regional – national
continental - global
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3. Aims
Reason
Relevance
structure and analyze the Collection
taxonomically
general Collection vs. separate Collections
digitized type material of certain groups
Grasses – Myrtaceae
internal – administratively - outreach
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4. objects

5. curation
Laurus L. / Lauraceae Juss.
Illicium L. / Illiciaceae (DC.) A. C. Sm.
Magnolia L. / Magnoliaceae Juss.
Annona L. / Annonaceae Juss.

6. workflow diagram
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7. classifications are stored in a relational database
elements
names - atomized name strings
connected to external sources ( IPNI/Tropicos/...)
references - published literature (persons) / working lists
linked to digital content via DOIs (publishers) or PURLs (BHL)
accepted taxa - incl. homo- and heterotypic synonyms and (inferred)
basionym references
only accepted taxa used for linking up children with parents
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8. Service based architecture
Served through REST service Interfaces with responses in JSON(P) format.
The Services are part of the JACQ database System, which is available as
an OpenSource package on sourceforge.net
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jacq/
Visualisation is provided using a jsTree (which is a jQuery based tree
browser). The jsTree is directly connected to the service endpoints. This
yields a layered software architecture, which is independent of the
underlying database system.
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9. classifications (incl. multiple taxonomies)
sources included 20131101
national
Exk. Flora of Austria (1994 / 2005 / 2008 ) – finished
regional
Flora Iranica (1963--) – only accepted taxa ( regional )
global
Dalla Torre & Harms (1900-1908) – work in progress
Cronquist 1981 – completed
APG + recent update in Phytotaxa 2011 – completed (global )
Lycophytes & Ferns & Gymnosperms - Phytotaxa 2011 – completed
Soreng et al 20120808 – Grasses – completed
Funk et al. 2009 – Compositae - completed
Annonaceae – showcase – familiy finished – lower taxa work in progress
Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Portulacaceae (et al.) – work in progress
Ebenaceae, Myristicaceae – work in progress
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14. classification bowser @ JACQ
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15. Future
Future enhancements to the classification browser will include a prerendering of classifications. This means that the strictly relational scheme
will be pre-calculated into a faster structure, which yields a intentional
information loss in order to provide citable (and therefore revision save)
references to classifications through state of the art web Interfaces.
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16. NETWORKS
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Global Plants Initiative – JSTOR
GBIF !
EUROPEANA – Cultural heritage of Europe
BHL
INSPIRE / GEOSS
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17. needs
for Curation and Handling
•Names / Taxa (?)
labels / concepts
•Classifications for sorting (?)
•physical / virtual
„remove“ information from source
Scratchpads / Edit PlatformCybertaxonomy
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18. open questions
• services
persistent availability of external services
caching vs. incorporating of „used“ data
(g)UIDs
• data
complementing data stores / repositories
forking / propagation of content
GUIDs
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19. Paul Maas (U - WAG), Wilfried Morawetz
Lars Chatrou (WAG), Elke Döring, Bernhard von Hagen, Martin Röser (HAL), Charlie Charvis
(BM), Armando Urquiola (HPPR), Nelson Zamora (INB), Antonio Webber (UniAmaz), George
Schatz (MO), Bobbi Angell, Jacky Kallunki, Mike Nee (NY), David Johnson (OWU), Álvaro
Pérez (QCA), Adriana Lobão (RB), Renato Mello-Silva (SPB), Tom Wendt (TEX), Gerhard
Gottsberger (ULM), Magda Chanco (USM), Otto Huber (VEN)
Michael Malicky (LI), Fritz Ehrendorfer, Andrea Frosch-Radivo, Michael Hesse, Hanna
Schneeweiß, Tod Stuessy, Walter Till (WU), Anton Igersheim, Ernst Vitek, Bruno Wallnöfer,
Wolfgang Koller (W)
CURATORS
A, ALCB, AAU, AMAZ, B, BAB, BH, BIGU, BM, BOLV, BP, BR, BSC, C, CAY, CEN, CHAPA, COAH, COL,
CR, CUVC, CUZ, CVRD, E, EAP, ECON, EHH, ENCB, F, FDG, FHO, FI, FT, G, GB, GH, GJO, GOET,
GUA, GUAT, GUAY, HAC, HAJB, HAL, HB, HPPR, HRB, HUA, HUEFS, IAN, IBGE, ICA, IJ, INB, INPA,
IPA, JAUM, JE, K, L, LAGU, LE, LI, LINN, LL, LOJA, LPB, LZ, M, MA, MBM, MEDEL, MEXU, MG, MICH,
MO, MY, NA, NY, OXF, P, PH, PI, PMA, PORT, PR, PRC, QCA, QCNE, R, RB, S, SCZ, SEL, SP, SPB,
SPF, STRI, TEFH, TEX, TFAV, TO, U, UB, UCWI, ULM, UPS, US, USM, USZ, UVAL, VEN, W, WAG,
WIS, WRSL, WU, XAL, Z, ZT
Financing / Support
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Natural History Museum Vienna, University of Vienna,
EU, GBIF, GBIF-AT
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