Overview
Quick background/scope
A real time intro to nomenclature in TaxonWorks
This talk
TPT Specific FAQ - Please add your questions
Species File Group
Endowed, fixed support
10 "Core" members
Open source
Hiring Now (links on homepage)
1 - Community manager and 2 - UI/UX/Designer
An unsolved challenge
Pipelines for integrating names are difficult
Oft re-invented: EoL, OpenTree, CoL, GBIF, SCAN, etc.
Bottlenecks (IMO)
1. Tools (somewhat, note not standards)
2. Curators (mostly, need more)
Poll
How many have:
Published a nomenclatural "act"?
Added a name to Zoobank?
Worried that publishing early online will confuse ICZN nomenclature?
Ignored consequences of a nomenclatural publication, just because?
Nomenclature, not Taxa
TaxonNames
Objective records of published assertions
OTUs (taxa)
Observation based, assertions are often(?) subjective
Basic editing
Parent
Name
Authorship
Bells and whistles
Hotkeys
Pinboard (defaults)
Annotations
Sequential locks
Smart selectors
Advanced
Soft validations
Relationships (hidden ontology)
Gender matching
Original combination
Combinations
Uniquify people, much more ...
Querying
Smart autocomplete
Filter
Nomenclature stats
Match names
Taxon pages
Results
A "Download" in TaxonWorks
Multiple tasks: Basic, CoLDP, Stats, etc.
JSON everywhere
Raw tables
Help/tutorials
Weekly webinars (digitization, nomenclature, contact me