Table 4 A comparison of the features of the taxonomic database and the taxonomic meta-ontology
Taxonomic | TaxMeOn | |
|---|---|---|
database | ||
Technology | ||
Structure easily | No | Yes |
extensible | ||
Global linkability | No | Yes |
to other contents | ||
Public interfaces | Simple search API, | HTTP and SOAP APIs, |
LSID resolver | Linked Data, | |
SPARQL endpoint | ||
Need of a resolver | Yes | No |
Content editing | Web interface | |
Content | ||
Granularity of | Low | High |
taxonomic information | ||
Linking additional | No | Yes |
scientific publications | ||
Treatment of botanical | Identical | Not identical |
and zoological names | ||
Semantics applied to | No | Yes |
author names | ||
Tracking temporal | Publication year | Versioning of checklists |
changes | of a checklist | (static) and duplication |
of taxa (dynamic) |