The Species Analyst
Integrating Disparate Biodiversity Resources using Information Retrieval Standards (Z39.50)

http://habanero.nhm.ukans.edu

ISO23950 | ANSI/NISO Z39.50 Standard for Information Retrieval

Z39.50 is: Protocol for search and retrieval of information from structured data sources

Typical Z39.50 Interaction

Schema Abstraction: The Major Contribution of Z39.50

Z39.50 Presents Structured Data

Benefits of Z39.50

Caveats

ZBIG- Z39.50 Biology Implementers Group

ZBIG Client/Server Structure

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Z39.50 Queries in MS Excel

Z39.50 Extension to ArcView

Species Analyst- Web Interface
chipotle.nhm.ukans.edu/NABIN

The Nomenclature Problem

Classification of Organisms

Evolution of Scientific Names

Taxonomic Authority System

Scientific Name Translation

Z39.50 Solution For Taxonomic Authority

Z39.50 or HTTP+XML?

Z39.50 vs HTTP + XML

XER- XML Encoding Rules

Z39.50 | (XML+HTTP)

Simple Example of Taxonomic Authority in XML

XML Interface to ITIS*ca

Example Output- Falco peregrinus

Results of Prototype
(XML+HTTP)

Overview of DB Structure

Conclusions

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Taxonomic Authority

Why?

Problems to Address

Lineage and Classification

Taxonomic Lineage