1. Common Names Services in OpenUp!
Rainer,H.1, Koller,W.1 & Wandl-Vogt,E.2
1NHM Vienna; 2Austrian Academy of Sciences
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2. Description of OpenUp! WP 6
Multilingual Metadata Enrichment - Common Names
Provider
ABCD 206 <xs:element name="FullScientificNameString" type="String">
Bellis perennis L.
</xs:element>
Common names
Ausdauerndes Gänseblümchen (German) Cvetiče ledinsko (Croatian) Daisy (English) …..
ESE-Title: Bellis perennis L. ESE-addTitle: Ausdauerndes Gänseblümchen Cvetiče ledinsko Daisy
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3. Common Names Schema Sources
GBIF - Vernacular Names Extension to DwCA
Catalogue of Life CNS
EDIT CDM
Anthos CNS
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4. Common Names Model
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5. Common Names Schema Standards / Sources touched
geography – OGC –
language – ISO 639 (-3 /-6) -
persons – FOAF – specimens – ABCD – BIOCASE / GBIF literature – OLEF (incl. MODS) – BHL / Citebank descriptions – SDD – ?
transliterations - ?? - ??
ethnicities - ?? - ??
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6. Common Names Service Specifications
follow Google Refine Reconciliation Service API specifications –
Service Metadata
A call to the service without any query will return the service metadata.
Response
{   "name": "OpenUp! Common Names Service",   "identifierSpace": "   "schemaSpace": " }
Query Request
The query object should be passed as JSON formatted object using the "query" parameter.
Single Query Mode
Query the service using a single taxon name.
Parameters
A query: Name to query for limit: Limit number of results type: should always be "/name/common"
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7. Common Names Service Specifications
Example
{   "query": "Berberis vulgaris",   "limit": 3,   "type": "/name/common" }
{   "id": "uri:still:to:be:defined",   "name": "Boasslbee",   "type": ["/name/common"],   "score": 100.0,   "match": true,   "language": "bar",   "geography": "aut",   "period": " ",   "taxon": "Berberis vulgaris",   "taxon_id": "uri:taxon:id:provided:by:reference:services",   "reference": "uri:of:reference:" }
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8. Names Service Architecture
Services for Scientific Names and Concepts (incl. fuzzy matching)
Botanical (Kew)
Zoological (University of Helsinki)
Service for Common Names
botanical & zoological (NHM Vienna)
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9. Common Names Service Architecture
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10. Names Services for Use Catalogue of Life – webservices
PESI – webservices
GBIF – general names registry – IPT installation for OpenUp!
(OpenUp!) General Repository for CN
GNA / EOL ?
National Standard Lists – incl. Common Names
Thematic Lists ( bats of europe ) Personal level – non taxonomists ( Spices )
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11. Implementation Common Names for Annonaceae
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12. Implementation Common Names for Annonaceae
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13. Implementation Common Names for Annonaceae
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14. Implementation Common Names for Annonaceae
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15. Implementation Common Names for Annonaceae
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16. Implementation Common Names for Annonaceae
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17. Implementation Common Names for Annonaceae
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18. Implementation Common Names for Annonaceae
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19. Final Goal
Integrate as many sources for as many (european) languages as possible
Names Provision Facility (IPT – or local implementation)
Common Names Service – ext. after OpenUp!
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