[Taxacom] Species Cite: linking scientific names to publications and taxonomists

[Geoff Read]

Without getting too excited about the misrepresentation of WoRMS
capability, this below isn't true Rod.

I, and others, spend hundreds of hours every year adding DOI and BHL links
for the literature in WoRMS, especially original descriptions.  The aim is
the links should appear on every species page, and the descriptions are a
click away (for open access work). Maybe coverage is patchy according to
phyla (the task for Mollusca is immense), but the intention and the
capacity to deliver it is there.

It's often faster & more convenient for me to click on the WoRMS link to
check something quickly rather than load up the pdf from my own pc.


Cheers,
Geoff Read (Annelida editor)

On Mon, August 2, 2021 9:54 pm, Roderic Page via Taxacom wrote:
> Hi Lena,
>
> WoRMS is great, and is something that I plan to add to Species-Cite in the
> future.
>
> From my perspective the thing WoRMS lacks is links to external identifiers
> for the literature (e.g., DOIs, etc.). This means that the literature is
> essentially in a database-specific silo 9this is true of most taxonomic
> databases). Now, for WoRMS users that may be just fine, the database meets
> their needs, the names and citations they are after are there.
>
> I’d like things to be less siloed such that, for example, I can go from
> a name in WoRMS to an external identifier for the literature,  to the
> taxonomists who did the work, and the full text for the paper. And I’d
> like to do that all in one place.
>
> I think for anyone aggregating data the challenge is to deliver value
> above and beyond what individual databases can do, otherwise there is
> little point in aggregating the data in the first place. So I guess the
> challenge would be to see if aggregating data from WoRMS can create
> something that adds value on top of what WoRMS itself offers. And of
> course, any such value would be available to WoRMS to incorporate if the
> WoRMS editors felt it added something to their database.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rod
>
>
> On 2 Aug 2021, at 10:37, Elena Kupriyanova
> <Elena.Kupriyanova at Australian.Museum<mailto:Elena.Kupriyanova at Australian.Museum>>
> wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am not talking about it for a simple reason -  I did not want to mention
> that for marine species we already have WoRMS (World Register of Marine
> Species) http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php
> I happen to be one of hundreds of taxonomical editors for this database
> Sorry...
> Best,
> Lena


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Geoffrey B. Read, Ph.D.
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
gread at actrix.gen.nz