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Taxon WGKU Staff Meeting_21_May_2003

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- ; __Name Providers (NPs)__ : online sources of names of organisms, usually taxonomic and latin, but could alsi be a common name server, definition could extended to sources of names for other kinds of things besides organisms. Name Providers may or not be 'authoritative' but usually are in the minds of the owners. No implied relationship between the names provided and any underlying concepts. Examples: ITIS U.S. and ITIS Canada.
- ; __Occurence Data Providers (ODPs)__ : online datasets or databases that contain names of organisms, usually formal, Latin, but also to include common names used in data sets. Examples: Ecological data sets, museum catalog databases, abstract databases such as BIOSIS's Zoological Record. (We were referring to this as a "site database" previously.)
- ; __Taxonomic Concept Service (TCS)__ : an online service that identifies and mediates differences in taxonomic concepts, with various public methods, standard API, SOAP-based protocols. Primary methods are to:
- ; __Taxonomic Concept Datastore__ : The internal datastore used by the Taxonomic Concept Service. This datastore may not be directly visible (except through the Taxonomic Concept Service).
+ ;__Name Providers (NPs)__ : online sources of names of organisms, usually taxonomic and latin, but could alsi be a common name server, definition could extended to sources of names for other kinds of things besides organisms. Name Providers may or not be 'authoritative' but usually are in the minds of the owners. No implied relationship between the names provided and any underlying concepts. Examples: ITIS U.S. and ITIS Canada.
+ ; __Occurence Data Providers (ODPs)__ : online datasets or databases that contain names of organisms, usually formal, Latin, but also to include common names used in data sets. Examples: Ecological data sets, museum catalog databases, abstract databases such as BIOSIS's Zoological Record. (We were referring to this as a "site database" previously.)
+ ; __Taxonomic Concept Service (TCS)__ : an online service that identifies and mediates differences in taxonomic concepts, with various public methods, standard API, SOAP-based protocols. Primary methods are to:
+ ; __Taxonomic Concept Datastore__ : The internal datastore used by the Taxonomic Concept Service. This datastore may not be directly visible (except through the Taxonomic Concept Service).

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