This document describes common name services in OpenUp!, including: 1. The development of a common names provider that can enrich metadata with vernacular names for plants and animals in multiple languages. 2. Plans to follow specifications for Google Refine reconciliation APIs and include metadata like language, geography, and taxon information in name records. 3. An architecture with separate services for scientific names and concepts that will feed into a common names service to integrate names from various sources. 4. An example implementation extracting common names for the plant family Annonaceae from different sources.

1. Common Names Services in
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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
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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

3. Sources
GBIF - Vernacular Names Extension to DwCA
http://tools.gbif.org/dwca-validator/extension.do?id=http://rs.gbif.org/terms/1.0/VernacularName
http://darwincore.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/terms/index.htm#vernacularName
Catalogue of Life CNS
http://documents.sp2000.org/AC/Samples/new/ERD2011June7.jpg
EDIT CDM
http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/trac/wiki/CommonDataModel
Anthos CNS
www.anthos.es
Common Names Schema
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4. Common Names Model
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5. Common Names Schema
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Standards / Sources touched
geography – OGC – www.geonames.org
language – ISO 639 (-3 /-6) - www.geolang.com
persons – FOAF – www.viaf.org
specimens – ABCD – BIOCASE / GBIF
literature – OLEF (incl. MODS) – BHL / Citebank
descriptions – SDD – ?
transliterations - ?? - ??
ethnicities - ?? - ??

6. Common Names Service Specifications
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follow Google Refine Reconciliation Service API specifications –
http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/wiki/ReconciliationServiceApi
Service Metadata
A call to the service without any query will return the service metadata.
Response
{
"name": "OpenUp! Common Names Service",
"identifierSpace": "http://open-up.eu/commonNames/",
"schemaSpace": "http://open-up.eu/commonNames/"
}
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"

7. Common Names Service Specifications
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Example
{
"query": "Berberis vulgaris",
"limit": 3,
"type": "/name/common"
}
Example
{
"id": "uri:still:to:be:defined",
"name": "Boasslbee",
"type": ["/name/common"],
"score": 100.0,
"match": true,
"language": "bar",
"geography": "aut",
"period": "1934-1950",
"taxon": "Berberis vulgaris",
"taxon_id": "uri:taxon:id:provided:by:reference:services",
"reference": "uri:of:reference:"
}

8. Names Service Architecture
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Services for Scientific Names and Concepts (incl. fuzzy matching)
Botanical (Kew)
Zoological (University of Helsinki)
Service for Common Names
botanical & zoological (NHM Vienna)
http://open-up.eu/content/common-names-service

9. Common Names Service Architecture
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10. Names Services for Use
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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 )

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
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Integrate as many sources for as many (european) languages as possible
Names Provision Facility (IPT – or local implementation)
Common Names Service – ext. after OpenUp!