Synospecies, an application to reflect changes in taxonomic names based on a triple store based on taxonomic data liberated from publication

Taxonomic treatments, sections of publications documenting the features or distribution a related group organisms (called “taxon”, plural “taxa”) in ways adhering to highly formalized conventions, and published scientific journals, shape our understanding global biodiversity (Catapano 2019). Treatments are building blocks evolving consensus on taxonomic entities. The semantics these treatments their relationships structured: taxa introduced, merged, made obsolete, split, renamed, associated with specimens so on. Plazi makes this content available machine-readable form using Resource Description Framework (RDF) . RDF is standard model for Linked Data Semantic Web. can be exchanged different formats (aka concrete syntaxes) such as RDF/XML Turtle. data describes graph structures relies Internationalized Identifiers (IRIs) , ontologies Darwin Core basic vocabulary used assign meaning identifiers. For Synospecies, we unite all into one large knowledge graph, modelling its evolution complete references quotable treatments. However, expresses much more than any individual treatment could convey because every referenced entity linked other relevant treatment. On synospecies.plazi.org, provide user-friendly interface find names taxon. An advanced mode allows execution queries SPARQL query language.