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Sherborn: Robinson - Sherborn’s Index Animalium integration into ION: access to all
The document outlines the integration of Sherborn's Index Animalium into the ION database, highlighting the challenges encountered such as data interpretation and formatting inconsistencies. It details the process involved in loading and quality checking data, along with future steps for processing additional names and enhancing web services. Collaboration benefits include improved authority validation and expanded literature references dating back to 1758.
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Sherborn: Robinson - Sherborn’s Index Animalium integration into ION: access to all
- 1. SHERBORN’S INDEX ANIMALIUM INTEGRATIONINTO ION: ACCESS TO ALL NIGEL ROBINSON DIRECTOR YORK OPERATIONS 28 OCTOBER 2011
- 2. ZOOLOGICAL RECORD &INDEX ANIMALIUM 1758 1850 ©2010 Thomson Reuters Index Animalium 1864 1999 Current ZR Zoological Record ION created and ION founded
- 3. TEXT TO DATABASE ID Image ID Page Name & reference "362382","SIL34_02_24_0193","6101","splendens Turdus, W. E. Leach, Zool. Miscell. II. 1815, 30.”
- 4. CHALLENGES • Interpretation of Index Animalium data • Inconsistent formatting, punctuation etc. in original books • OCR errors • Variant publication titles ©2010 Thomson Reuters • Application of management classification
- 5. NORMALISED DATA RECORD Genus: Turdus Species: splendens • Bibliographic Name string: Turdus splendens record Author lastname: Leach • Classification Author forename: W.E. routines Abbreviated publication name: Zool. Miscell. Full publication name: The Zoological Miscellany • ZR style entry Volume: II • Standard data Year: 1815 load and QC ©2010 Thomson Reuters Page: 30
- 6. PROCESS FLOW BIODIVERSITY COMMUNITY OUTPUT FILES ION DATA WAREHOUSE (in standard format) Correction cycles ZR CLASSIFICATION APPLIED PARSING ROUTINES ©2010 Thomson Reuters INPUT FILE
- 7. INDEX TO ORGANISMNAMES SEARCH Turdus splendens
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- 9. DETAILS - MERGEDRECORD
- 10. LINK OUT FORADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- 11. UPDATE NOTIFICATIONS –RSS ALERTS
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- 13. NEXT STEPS • Load next 200,000 names • Further processing of remaining names 2011 • Load remaining names • Web services and APIs • Publication name unification 2012 • Apply unification and links to BHL ©2010 Thomson Reuters
- 14. BENEFITS OF COLLABORATION • Zoological Record production – Authority file validation – Resolution of homonyms in ZR production • Enable notification to authors – Increased links to literature and ZR in ION • Extends the list of names used in the literature to 1758 – Homonym checks – Data available for other projects • More granular digital format ©2010 Thomson Reuters • Cleaner version of the data
- 15. QUESTIONS?? • Access http://www.organismnames.com • Contact nigel.robinson@thomsonreuters.com ©2010 Thomson Reuters
Editor's Notes
- #5 More granularity needed to be a useful tool in detailed nomenclatural and bibliographic databasesBreak down data into standard bibliographic and nomenclatural fieldsEmploy current ZR editorial processes and practicesFacilitate loading to ION through normal update processes
- #8 IA data csv fileParsing algorithmsNormalised data loaded to data warehouseZR classification appliedFurther QC, clean upAssignment of BHL linksLoad to ION, assignment of LSIDUpdate capabilities