Species 2000 & China - CODATA 25 Oct 06 Completing the Catalogue of Life: collaboration with megadiverse countries Frank Bisby, Sp2000 Secretariat University of Reading, UK
Species 2000 & China - CODATA 25 Oct 06 Three public services of the Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life 1. The Annual Checklist 2004, 2005, on CD-ROM - on the Web - presently Global Hub only 2. The Dynamic Checklist – started Oct on the Web - Global Hub and EuroHub (other regional hubs to follow) 3. The Web-service – started Oct on the Web - Global Hub and EuroHub (other regional hubs to follow)
Species 2000 on-line service and CD-ROM Array of source databases for different higher taxa Dynamic Checklist & Web-service Annual Checklist DB on the Web DB on CD-ROM
Species 2000 & China - CODATA 25 Oct 06 Partners and contributors to the Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life 1. Taxonomic institutions world-wide e.g. RBG Sydney, Australia; Zoological Inst., St. Petersburg; Missouri Botanical Garden, USA; ITIS/Smithsonian Inst. USA; RBG Kew, UK University of Piricaba, Brazil; Naturalis Museum, The Netherlands; CONABIO/ ITIS Mexico, ITIS Canada; NIES, Tsukuba, Japan; 2. Specialist international networks e.g. FishBase; AlgaeBase; TicksBase; ILDIS LegumeWeb; AnnonBase; Orthoptera Species File (OSF); UNESCO Register of Marine Organisms. 3. The ‘Life Work’ of individual specialists e.g. Scarabaeidae (Schoolmeesters, Belgium), Ichneumonoidea (Yu, Canada)
Global Hub GSD
Euro-Hub Euro+Med ERMSFauna Europaea
Global Hub LITCHI-2 Link Euro-Hub Euro+Med ERMS Fauna Europaea GSD
Browsing by hierarchy:
A View on Life’s Diversity – Stockholm, 15 October 2005
Dynamics of the Catalogue of Life in 2000 – ?
Species 2000 & China - CODATA 25 Oct 06 Three public services of the Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life 1. The Annual Checklist 2004, 2005, 2006 fixed edition, once per year 2. The Dynamic Checklist – started Oct 2005 direct access to current data from the providers 3. The Web-service – started Oct 2005 direct access to current data from the providers
Species 2000 & China - CODATA 25 Oct 06 I need to remind you that as well as being publicly funded……. ……………………. this is the work of a very large network of people…..
Global Hub LITCHI-2 Link CVH Microbes Animal List GSD Architecture II China Node
Europe China Africa ITIS N. America ITIS N. America Global Checklist Global Checklist Catalogue of Life Architecture II RegioRegio Regional Checklist Hubs
Europe China Russia ITIS N. America ITIS N. America Global Checklist Global Checklist Catalogue of Life Architecture II RegioRegio A potential architecture for a truly global electronic infrastructure for taxonomy? Possibilities 1.Hub provides basis for constructung a ‘Catalogue of Life China’ 2.Hub or portal for linkage of both regional and national taxonomic databases. 3.Hub or portal in Chinese language 4.Provide cross-comparison of taxonomies in different databases on the same hub 5.Provide cross-links and comparison of taxonomies in the regional hub with the global hub 6.Assist the global Catalogue of Life in locating the remaining species 7.Provide a stepping stone for tracing the same species in other continents
Europe China Russia ITIS N. America ITIS N. America Global Checklist Global Checklist Catalogue of Life Architecture II RegioRegio Regional Checklist Hubs - Possibilities Started Europe : started (Sp2000 europa) N. America : agreed (ITIS) Under discussion China (Megadiverse) Asia-Oceania (Sp2000 AO) Australia (ABRS-ABIF) New Zealand (Sp2000 NZ) Southern Africa (Megadiverse) For discussion Russia India Brazil (Megadiverse) etc..
Europe China Africa ITIS N. America ITIS N. America Global Checklist Global Checklist 1. Inspecting species from several hubs RegioRegio Regional Checklist Hubs
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