1. A vision for the future of taxonomic databases David Eades Illinois Natural History Survey Presented at the Natural History Museum, London, 17 January 2007

2. Taxonomists Data users Collections and observations Publications

3. Large data aggregations Data users Special purpose databases Collection and observation data Publications

4. GBIF Data users Special purpose databases Collection and observation data Publications CoL ITIS Species 2000

5. GBIF Data users Special purpose databases Collection and observation data Publications CoL ITIS Species 2000

6. OSF coverage Keys and characters Taxon names Specimens and observations Publications Taxon concepts

7. OSF coverage SDD Keys and characters GenBank MorphBank Taxon names TCN TCS ZooBank ICZN GIG OGC ISO NCD Specimens and observations Darwin CoPE Publications BHL Web publishing LSID GUID RDF Taxon concepts

8. OSF coverage SDD Keys and characters GenBank MorphBank Taxon Names TCN TCS ZooBank ICZN GIG OGC ISO NCD Specimens and observations Darwin CoPE Publications BHL Web publishing LSID GUID RDF Taxon concepts TCN (Taxon Concepts and Names) TCS (Taxonomic Concepts Schema) TCN (Taxon Concepts and Names) TCS (Taxonomic Concepts Schema)

9. OSF coverage SDD Keys and characters GenBank MorphBank Taxon names TCN TCS ZooBank ICZN GIG OGC ISO NCD Specimens and observations Darwin CoPE Publications BHL Web publishing LSID GUID RDF Taxon concepts ZooBank ICZN (International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature) ZooBank ICZN (International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature)

10. OSF coverage SDD Keys and characters GenBank MorphBank Taxon Names TCN TCS ZooBank ICZN GIG OGC ISO NCD Specimens and observations Darwin CoPE Publications BHL Web publishing LSID GUID RDF Taxon Concepts Keys and characters SDD (Structure of Descriptive Data) Keys and characters SDD (Structure of Descriptive Data)

11. OSF coverage SDD Keys and characters GenBank MorphBank Taxon names TCN TCS ZooBank ICZN GIG OGC ISO NCD Specimens and observations Darwin CoPE Publications BHL Web publishing LSID GUID RDF Taxon concepts Publications BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library) Publications BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library)

12. OSF coverage SDD Keys and characters GenBank MorphBank Taxon names TCN TCS ZooBank ICZN GIG OGC ISO NCD Specimens and observations Darwin CoPE Publications BHL Web publishing LSID GUID RDF Taxon Concepts Specimens and observations NCD (Natural Collections Descriptions) Specimens and observations NCD (Natural Collections Descriptions)

13. OSF coverage SDD Keys and characters GenBank MorphBank Taxon Names TCN TCS ZooBank ICZN GIG OGC ISO NCD Specimens and observations Darwin CoPE Publications BHL Web publishing LSID GUID RDF Taxon Concepts Geospacial analysis GIG (Geospacial Interest Group) OGC (Open Geospacial Consortium) ISO (International Standards Organization) Geospacial analysis GIG (Geospacial Interest Group) OGC (Open Geospacial Consortium) ISO (International Standards Organization)

14. OSF coverage SDD Keys and characters GenBank MorphBank Taxon names TCN TCS ZooBank ICZN GIG OGC ISO NCD Specimens and observations Darwin CoPE Publications BHL Web Publishing LSID GUID RDF Taxon concepts Paleontology Darwin CoPE (Darwin Core Paleontology Extension) Paleontology Darwin CoPE (Darwin Core Paleontology Extension)

15. OSF coverage SDD Keys and characters GenBank MorphBank Taxon Names TCN TCS ZooBank ICZN GIG OGC ISO NCD Specimens and observations Darwin CoPE Publications BHL Web Publishing LSID GUID RDF Taxon Concepts LSIDs (Life Science Identifiers) GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers) GUID Working Group RDF (Resource Description Framework) LSIDs (Life Science Identifiers) GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers) GUID Working Group RDF (Resource Description Framework)