1. Thomas M. Orrell National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): Update 16 September 2013

2. ITIS Directorate Some important increases! New Employee – Sara Alexander Contractors – ITIS Data Development Entomology and other zoology Herpetology and other zoology Diatoms Marine Invertebrates

3. ITIS IT Group Loss of long-time Senior Software Engineer - but… Refilled position Added more solid Systems Admin support Additional Software development support

4. Online Taxonomic Workbench (OTWB)

5. ITIS Canada James Macklin – New ITIS Canada Director Support from Senior Database Administrator Rebuild ITIS Canada interface based on ITIS web services – compliant with Canadian web regulations resolve reliance on outdated Oracle backend Same look and feel for Canadian Federal uses save expense of maintaining the back end

6. ITIS Content Recently load 24,625 new and edited records - highlights below

7. ITIS Content Next monthly load will have over 19,950 new and edited records - highlights below

8. ITIS Content Some future plans… Diatoms Global Bacteria (based on snapshot of Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date) Echinodermata o Asteroidea o Holothuroidea Freshwater mussels - Unionoida Fish Update – last updated in 2004 by obscure Ichthyologist (me ) o Based on Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes o 34,380 names, 19,056 valid names, and 1,956 taxonomic changes o Perciformes o Pleuronectiformes o Tetraodontiformes o Sarcopterygii o Coordinate with Fishbase?

9. As of 16 Aug 2013 Export: 624,282 - Scientific Name Records (At All Ranks & Usages) 117,442 - Vernacular Name Records 741,724 - Total Names 515,721 - "TWG standards met" Scientific Name Records 515,721 - "TWG standards met" Scientific Name Records 362,147 - Valid/Accepted scientific names for species 362,147 - Valid/Accepted scientific names for species of which 292,889 are "TWG standards met" of which 292,889 are "TWG standards met" 16.3% - of all scientific name records still "NODC" legacy 16.3% - of all scientific name records still "NODC" legacy ITIS Data Summary