Basic overview of the Global Names Architecture and Darwin Core data standards presented to the Asian Regional Biodiversity Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand (Nov 2009).

1. GLOBALBIODIVERSITY INFORMATIONFACILITY Cataloging and using Taxonomic Data The Global Names Architecture Asian Regional Meeting and Biodiversity Informatics Workshop 16-19 Nov 2009 David Remsen Senior Programme Officer, ECAT

2. Enable access to information about species Scientific nameslabel that information

3. We use names to retrieve species information 190M records – 5M distinct “taxon” names

4. Names make poor identifiers Information science & authority files address this.

5. …even when properly spelled Information science & authority files address this.

6. Nomenclatural Databases Provide original orthography and tie names to their originating publications

7. Taxonomic Catalogues Taxonomic Status Name of Taxon Classification Circumscription Taxonomic Synonyms

9. Taxonomic

10. Regional

11. Thematichttp://code.google.com/p/gbif-ecat/wiki/ChecklistDefinition

12. Global Names Architecture Idea Mobilise Develop global taxonomic infrastructure National, Regional, Global, Thematic Index Create a Global Library of Taxonomic Resources Link Create a single authoritative “dictionary” of names Use / them Develop tools and services that use these resources to facilitate integration and make life easier.

13. Dynamic Index of Checklists 2010 Q1 Release

14. BuildNameDictionary Services Enables Taxonomic Catalogues to be used to improve data quality in collections

16. Improve Accuracy

17. Organise species data

18. Automate manual tasksOrganised/Up-to-Date Unorganised/out-of-date

19. Create new checklists New Derived Products New Processes/Technologies

20. Use species lists to filter data retrieval Applied to data access and integration

21. Support differentorpreferredtaxonomicviews

22. Enablecommunities to have yourdata theirway

23. Questions Can you benefit from these sorts of services? Do you want a national Checklist Catalogue? Should GBIFS focus on providing software for making Checklist Catalogues or services for using them?