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Taxon Glossary

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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 Name providers can set a ~timeToLive value on their database to ensure that outdated information is not queried.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 Name providers can set a ~timeToLive value on their database to ensure that outdated information is not queried.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 identifier 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)

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