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| - ;__Concept__: At the minimum, a unique taxonomic name and reference; at the maximum, values for all fields of the TES. |
| + ;__Concept__: At the minimum, a unique taxonomic name and reference; at the maximum, values for all fields of the TCS. |
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| - ;__Name__: A string that identifies some organism or group of organisms, for example, ''accipiter cooperii'', coyote, etc. |
| + ;__Name__: A string that identifies some organism or group of organisms, for example, ''Accipiter cooperii'', coyote, etc. |
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| - ;__Relationship__: A definition of the connection between 2 concepts, for example Synonym, ~UpdateOf, ~ParentOf, ~ChildOf, Sibling, ~SecondCousinThriceRemoved (just kidding). Every relationship is associated with a particular data provider. |
| + ;__Relationship__: A definition of the connection between 2 concepts, for example Synonym, ~UpdateOf, ~ParentOf, ~ChildOf, Sibling, ~SecondCousinThriceRemoved. Every relationship is associated with a particular author/accordingTo. |
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| - ;__~TaxonCache__: Database which contains a recent copy of all Name Provider data. Name providers can set a ~timeToLive value on their database to ensure that outdated information is not queried. |
| + ;__~TaxonCache__: Database which contains a recent copy of all Taxonomic data available to SEEK Taxon. Name providers can set a ~timeToLive value on their database to ensure that outdated information is not queried. |
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| - ;__Taxonomic Object Service__: An idenitifier for the group of services offered by the SEEK Taxon Group for various name resolution duties. |
| + ;__Taxonomic Object Service__: (TOS) An idenitifier for the group of services offered by the SEEK Taxon Group for various concept resolution duties. |
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| - ;__TES__: Taxonomic Exchange Schema. This is what Jessie is working to define with the larger Taxonomic Community. The current working version is at [TaxonWGConferenceCall_30_July_2003]. |
| + ;__TCS__: Taxonomic Concept Schema. An XML schema defining a concept. Jessie is working to define this as a community-wide standard in conjunction with the Taxonomic Database Working Group (TDWG). The current working version is v 0.88 and available in CVS /SEEK/projects/taxon/schemas. (Formerly known as TES - Taxonomic Exchange Schema) |
