PESI - A taxonomic backbone for Europe

Yde de Jong, Juliana Kouwenberg, Louis Boumans, Charles Hussey, Roger Hyam, Nicola Nicolson, Paul Kirk, Alan Paton, Ellinor Michel, Michael D. Guiry, Phillip S. Boegh, Henrik Arenlund Pedersen, Henrik Enghoff, Eckhard von Raab-Straube, Anton Güntsch, Marc Geoffroy, Andreas Müller, Andreas Kohlbecker, Walter Berendsohn, Ward AppeltansChristos Arvanitidis, Bart Vanhoorne, Joram Declerck, Leen Vandepitte, Francisco Hernandez, Róisín Nash, Mark John Costello, David Ouvrard, Pascale Bezard-Falgas, Thierry Bourgoin, Florian Tobias Wetzel, Falko Glöckler, Günther Korb, Caroline Ring, Gregor Hagedorn, Christoph Häuser, Nihat Aktaç, Ahmet Asan, Adorian Ardelean, Paulo Alexandre Vieira Borges, Dhimiter Dhora, Hasmik Khachatryan, Michael Malicky, Shaig Ibrahimov, Alexander Tuzikov, Aaike De Wever, Snejana Moncheva, Nikolai Spassov, Karel Chobot, Alexi Popov, Igor Boršic, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Urmas Kõljalg, Pertti Uotila, Gargominy Olivier, Jean Claude Dauvin, David Tarkhnishvili, Giorgi Chaladze, Michael Tuerkay, Anastasios Legakis, László Peregovits, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Erling ólafsson, Liam Lysaght, Bella Sarah Galil, Francesco M. Raimondo, Gianniantonio Domina, Fabio Stoch, Alessandro Minelli, Voldermars Spungis, Eduardas Budrys, Sergej Olenin, Armand Turpel, Tania Walisch, Vladimir Krpach, Marie Therese Gambin, Laurentia Ungureanu, Gordan Karaman, Roy M.J.C. Kleukers, Elisabeth Stur, Kaare Aagaard, Nils Valland, Toril Loennechen Moen, Wieslaw Bogdanowicz, Piotr Tykarski, Jan Marcin Weslawski, Monika Kedra, Antonio M.de Frias Martins, António Domingos Abreu, Ricardo Silva, Sergei Medvedev, Alexander Ryss, Smiljka Šimic, Karol Marhold, Eduard Stloukal, Davorin Tome, Marian A. Ramos, Benito Valdés, Francisco Pina, Sven Kullander, Anders Telenius, Yves Gonseth, Pascal Tschudin, Oleksandra Sergeyeva, Volodymyr Vladymyrov, Volodymyr Bohdanovych Rizun, Chris Raper, Dan Lear, Pavel Stoev, Lyubomir Penev, Ana Casino Rubio, Thierry Backeljau, Hannu Saarenmaa, Sandrine Ulenberg

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Abstract

Reliable taxonomy underpins communication in all of biology, not least nature conservation and sustainable use of ecosystem resources. The flexibility of taxonomic interpretations, however, presents a serious challenge for end-users of taxonomic concepts. Users need standardised and continuously harmonised taxonomic reference systems, as well as highquality and complete taxonomic data sets, but these are generally lacking for nonspecialists. The solution is in dynamic, expertly curated web-based taxonomic tools. The Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI) worked to solve this key issue by providing a taxonomic e-infrastructure for Europe. It strengthened the relevant social (expertise) and information (standards, data and technical) capacities of five major community networks on taxonomic indexing in Europe, which is essential for proper biodiversity assessment and monitoring activities. The key objectives of PESI were: 1) standardisation in taxonomic reference systems, 2) enhancement of the quality and completeness of taxonomic data sets and 3) creation of integrated access to taxonomic information. New information This paper describes the results of PESI and its future prospects, including the involvement in major European biodiversity informatics initiatives and programs.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere5848
JournalBiodiversity Data Journal
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Sep 2015

Keywords

  • AlgaeBase
  • Authority file
  • EU-nomen
  • EUBON
  • Euro+Med PlantBase
  • European register of marine species
  • European taxonomic backbone
  • Fauna Europaea
  • Global names architecture
  • INSPIRE
  • Index fungorum
  • International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
  • LifeWatch
  • Nomenclature
  • PESI
  • Taxonomic indexing
  • Taxonomy
  • ZooBank

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