rdmpage
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5 years ago One approach to bootstrap this is to create a DarwinCore Archive version of the augmented AFD dataset used to populate Ozymandias. Generate basic taxonomy dump and add references (just like The Plant List). Maybe restrict it to just references with a DOI. Use GBIF references extension to encode references. Upload to GBIF, then use as a demo to ALA.
Note that AFD is CC-BY according to the ALA page for Australian Faunal Directory.
The AFD taxon identifiers are often included in GBIF occurrences, e.g. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1916628045 has urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2634171f-c9e7-4f4a-9774-35ec20210765 for Rhipidura leucophrys (see also https://ozymandias-demo.herokuapp.com/uri/https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2634171f-c9e7-4f4a-9774-35ec20210765 in Ozymandias). So we can use these identifiers in the literature dump (although for reasons that surpass understanding, ALA doesn't use the AFD name identifiers).
nicolekearney
Most large biodiversity databases treat literature as a second class citizen, and often don't include the literature that published a name, or if they do, they don't include a digital identifier (such as a DOI) or a link to a digital version of the paper (e.g., in a repository or in BHL). ALA is an example of this lack of linking.
Through projects such as BioNames and Ozymandias, many taxonomic publications are know to have identifiers, so we would like to add these to ALA (and anyone else who would like them). This would enable visitors to ALA to be able to click on a link and go straight to the publication, in other words, the evidence behind a particular taxonomic decision. The question is how do we do this?