[tdwg-content] GUIDs for publications (usages and names)

Peter DeVries pete.devries at gmail.com
Tue Jan 4 22:16:24 CET 2011


Chris,

Here is another way of browsing the same thing from the LOD cloud.

http://bit.ly/frtTa8

<http://bit.ly/frtTa8>- Pete

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Chris Freeland <Chris.Freeland at mobot.org>wrote:

>  Ooops, to clarify my very last example, we actually would support "Pallas
> 1767" if properly parsed:
>
> *
> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?aulast=Pallas&date=1767&format=xml
> *<http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?aulast=Pallas&date=1767&format=xml>
>
> What we don't yet support & need to is linking at article citation level.
> That's where our newly (quietly) launched CiteBank http://citebank.orgcomes in, and what we're hoping to receive funding to expand.
> Chris
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* tdwg-content-bounces at lists.tdwg.org [mailto:
> tdwg-content-bounces at lists.tdwg.org] *On Behalf Of *Chris Freeland
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:57 PM
> *To:* Peter DeVries; Steve Baskauf
>
> *Cc:* tdwg-content at lists.tdwg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [tdwg-content] GUIDs for publications (usages and names)
>
>  Steve, Pete, et al.,
>
> BHL has an OpenURL resolver that can accept a variety of input criteria &
> return matching records with responses in JSON (with or without callback),
> XML, HTML, or a direct link.  Documentation is here:
> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurlhelp.aspx
>
> And linked from our broader documentation here:
> http://biodivlib.wikispaces.com/Developer+Tools+and+API
>
> Here's an example, referenced in the documentation, for querying on a
> monograph/book:
>
> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?genre=book&title=Manual+of+North+American+Diptera&aufirst=Samuel+Wendell&aulast=Williston&publisher=New+Haven+:J.T.+Hathaway,&date=1908&spage=16&format=xml
>
> You can also query based on common abbreviations, like Sp. Pl.:
>
> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?stitle=Sp.%20Pl.&date=1753&format=xml
>
> MOBOT's Tropicos uses the OpenURL resolver to link to protologues, as in
> this example:
> http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2735114
>
> With Tropicos we have an authority record for each journal or monographic
> title.  We match Tropicos' TitleID to BHL's TitleID & use that as a more
> direct link to the appropriate reference, but still send collation & other
> info to get to the appropriate page, as in this link:
>
> http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/openurl?pid=title:626&volume=5&issue=&spage=244&date=1830
>
> I know that this is insufficient for zoology & other natural sciences
> beyond botany, where we need to be able to support citations like "Pallas
> 1767", which may or may not be preparsed into appropriate fields.  A known
> problem, for sure, and one that we're eager to address, pending funding from
> NSF.
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Freeland | Director, Center for Biodiversity Informatics | Missouri
> Botanical Garden
> 4344 Shaw Blvd. | St. Louis, Missouri 63110 | 314.577.9548
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* tdwg-content-bounces at lists.tdwg.org [mailto:
> tdwg-content-bounces at lists.tdwg.org] *On Behalf Of *Peter DeVries
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:33 PM
> *To:* Steve Baskauf
> *Cc:* tdwg-content at lists.tdwg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [tdwg-content] GUIDs for publications (usages and names)
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I have been lobbying the BHL for this for some time. Most recently in this
> blog post.
>
>
> http://www.taxonconcept.org/taxonconcept-blog/2010/8/5/why-linked-open-data-makes-sense-for-biodiversity-informatic.html
>
> What I have realized is that, for many works that are out of copyright,
> Google books has already scanned and converted them to PDF.
>
> You can use these, even extract the relevant PDF pages as long as you keep
> the Google watermark.
>
> This is what I have done for the Cougar.
>
> http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.html
>
> For more recent works you may be able to link to the article PDF. As in
> this spider example.
>
> http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/2mqjL.html
>
> We also need a URI for to uniquely identify authors and in the absence of a
> better solution, I have been using, and in some cases creating, entries in
> Wikipedia which currently has over 5,000 taxonomic author profiles.
>
> This results in usable RDF via DBpedia. As you can see in the RDF in this
> example.
>
> http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf
>
> And in the Knowledge Base
> <
> http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2Fv6n7p%23OriginalDescription>
>
> That said, I have also been experimenting with this.
>
> http://lod.taxonconcept.org/people/sci_people_1700.rdf
>
> About: Carl Linnaeus http://bit.ly/gLgElf
>
> - Pete
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Steve Baskauf <
> steve.baskauf at vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
>
>> I was reviewing some of the previous posts on taxon name usages in an
>> attempt to understand them better.  I have learned that the Global Names
>> Index is an attempt to catalog taxon names and that it is possible to
>> generate a URI that points to a name there.  Is there a parallel effort
>> to do the same thing for literature references?  In other words, if I
>> want to describe the TNU:
>> Andropogon virginicus L. sec. Radford et al. (1968)
>> I think I could find a URI GUID for the name Andropogon virginicus .
>> But is there some place where I could find a unique identifier, or
>> better a URL, or best a URI providing RDF/XML for Linnaeus 1753 (the
>> author and publication for the name) and for Radford et al.1968 (the
>> author and publication that expresses the usage I'm intending).
>>
>> I suppose that this question has previously been answered in the in the
>> many posts on taxon names, concepts, etc.  However, since usually my
>> brain goes numb and my eyes glaze over in those threads, I probably
>> missed it.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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>> Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biological Sciences
>>
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Department of Entomology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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