While the main goal is to keep it as simple as possible, we can't ignore international accepted standards to be taken seriously and scientifically correct.
The goal is to find a class stucture, that orders all taxonomic ranks of all four international standards of taxonomic and nomenclature in life in one single ontology, without being overwhelming.
Currently known taxonomic ranks in the Catalogue of Life:
genus
species
family
order
superfamily
infraorder
infraspecific name
subspecies
variety
form
subfamily
subgenus
class
unranked
tribe
subtribe
subclass
suborder
infraclass
subvariety
superorder
species aggregate
infrageneric name
section
morph
phylum
parvorder
proles
subphylum
infrasubspecific name
supertribe
subterclass
subform
aberration
kingdom
natio
null
superclass
epifamily
subkingdom
forma specialis
subsection
series
subseries
These need to be narrowed down to those listed in the official codes of the different nomenclatural organisations seen in #1
While there are theoretically a lot more taxonomic ranks, for the KGofLife only those present within the catalogue of life have been added. This will be mentioned in the documentation thoroughly.
While the main goal is to keep it as simple as possible, we can't ignore international accepted standards to be taken seriously and scientifically correct.
The goal is to find a class stucture, that orders all taxonomic ranks of all four international standards of taxonomic and nomenclature in life in one single ontology, without being overwhelming.
Currently known taxonomic ranks in the Catalogue of Life:
genus species family order superfamily infraorder infraspecific name subspecies variety form subfamily subgenus class unranked tribe subtribe subclass suborder infraclass subvariety superorder species aggregate infrageneric name section morph phylum parvorder proles subphylum infrasubspecific name supertribe subterclass subform aberration kingdom natio null superclass epifamily subkingdom forma specialis subsection series subseries
These need to be narrowed down to those listed in the official codes of the different nomenclatural organisations seen in #1