Delivered by Anne Thessen at lightning talks for ievobio2012, http://ievobio.org/

1. Global Names
Recognizing and Resolving Scientific Names
to Current Usage
Arcypterafusca(Pallas, 1773)
…specimens of
Arcyopterastollii
Gryllusnimphaw
ere collected Grylluscothurnatus
from…
Gryllus (Locusta) variegatus
Dmitry Mozzherin, David Shorthouse, Patrick Leary,
LakshmiManoharAkella, David Patterson, and Anne Thessen

2. Why?
• Many scientific names for same taxon
• Many taxa with same name
• Names need global resolution

3. Global Names Tool Pipeline
Find Atomize Index
…{
genus: { epitheton: "Pardosa" },
species: {
basionymAuthorTeam: {
year: "1892”,
authorTeam: "Banks",
author: ["Banks”] },
epitheton: "moesta",
authorship: "Banks, 1892"
} http://gni.*
}…
http://gnrd.*
Resolve Edit
http://gnite.org
http://resolver.*
*.globalnames.org

4. Applying Global Names Tools
80
70
60
# Names found
50
40
30
20
t220 =, 3.68 p = 0.0003
10
0
Data Packages Published PDF

5. Where?
http://globalnames.org
Name-finding: http://gnrd.globalnames.org
Resolving: http://resolver.globalnames.org
https://github.com/GlobalNamesArchitecture