20 GB in 10 minutes: a case for linking major biodiversity databases using an open socio-technical infrastructure and a pragmatic, cross-institutional collaboration

wikidata 2024-07-24

Summary:

Biodiversity information is made available through numerous databases that each have their own data models, web services, and data types. Combining data across databases leads to new insights, but is not easy because each database uses its own system of identifiers. In the absence of stable and interoperable identifiers, databases are often linked using taxonomic names. This labor intensive, error prone, and lengthy process relies on accessible versions of nomenclatural authorities and...

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33816817/?utm_source=Other&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&utm_content=1VSjW0JqT_vVo4exSnaEa8DS8viTn4bOW9m_0JY8UcVGX5Esjj&fc=20220129234853&ff=20240724215133&v=2.18.0.post9+e462414

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Authors:

Anne E Thessen, Jorrit H Poelen, Matthew Collins, Jen Hammock

Date tagged:

07/24/2024, 21:51

Date published:

04/05/2021, 06:00