ZooBank: Scope of Registry Nomenclatural Acts - Acts establishing new species-, genus- and family-group names in Zoology - Lectotypifications/Neotypifications, Emendations, First reviser, etc. Publications - As defined in Article 8 of the ICZN Code. Authors - As authors of registered publications - ZooBank content providers Type Specimens - Integral to nomenclature; cross-linked to Museums
ZooBank: Content Launch - 1 January 2008, 00:00:00GMT - 250th Anniversary of Systema Naturae 10th Edition Retrospective Content - 4,819 Names established in Linnaeus, 1758. Prospective Content - 5 New species of Chromis (Zootaxa) - Johnson et al.; Deans & Kawada (Zootaxa) - Fisher & Smith (PLoS ONE) - Assmann et al.; Aken'Ova et al.; Hinojosa-Díaz (ZooKeys)
ZooBank: Timeline 2005 - Initial concept announced in Nature, BZN 2007 - Initial development, implementation of LSIDs 2008 - Official Launch (1 January 2008) - Addition of Zootaxa content - Development & testing of online registration 2008-2010 - Content expansion, refinement, public discussion 2011 - Two NSF projects (GNA, BiSciCol) 2012 - ZooBank 2.0; Publication of Amendment to the Code
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ZooBank: Next Steps XML Batch Submission STEP 1 - Publisher submits XML-formatted document to ZooBank service STEP 2 - ZooBank “automagically” registers what it can, and prompts submitter to disambiguate as needed STEP 2a - ZooBank registers disambiguated records STEP 3 - After publication, publisher submits updates to ZooBank (Date, Pages, etc.) via same XML schema
ZooBank: Next Steps Bulk Import - Taxonomic Databases (HNS, Sherborn, Rod Page dataset, Hexacoralia, Scorpions, Diptera, etc.) - Literature Databases (BHL, Sherborn, Smithsonian, various publishers, etc.) Tighter Integration with Other Projects - BHL, CoL, IF, IPNI, BiSciCol, iDigBio, Filtered Push, PLAZI, Vibrant, FishBase, etc. Robust Taxonomic Services - Museum collections, Biodiversity Data Management