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The World Register of Marine Species and the Catalogue of Life intensify their collaboration
Added on 2013-10-14 09:20:09 by Dekeyzer, Stefanie
The Global Team and Editorial Board of the Catalogue of Life recently welcomed two new members of the WoRMS data management team.The Catalogue of Life (CoL; http://www.catalogueoflife.org/) was created in 2001 by Species2000 and ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). The goal of CoL is to list every distinct species in each group of organisms. At present, some groups are globally complete, some are represented by global sectors that are nearing completion, and others are represented by regional sectors. The current edition of CoL (October 2013) collates data from 139 taxonomic global and regional databases (http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/info/databases). For the global sectors the taxonomic data is derived from selected, peer reviewed Global Species Databases (GSDs).
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS; http://www.marinespecies.org/) integrates 68 GSDs. The content of these GSDs is checked and validated by an international team of taxonomic editors. Currently WoRMS is providing 40 GSDs to CoL. This is done by the WoRMS data management team at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) through monthly automated exports.
To improve the collaboration between CoL and WoRMS, two members of the WoRMS data management team were invited to become a member of the CoL Global Team (Leen Vandepitte, VLIZ) and CoL Editorial Board (Wim Decock, VLIZ).
The CoL Global Team is an international group of taxonomic experts who advise and decide upon the scientific policy for the Catalogue of Life. The CoL Global Team is made up of GSD custodians, and representatives of ITIS and Species2000. The CoL Editorial Board is responsible for the overall taxonomic content of CoL, and the assembly and publication of the CoL Annual Checklist.
This collaboration will further enhance the construction of the LifeWatch taxonomic backbone.
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS; http://www.marinespecies.org/) integrates 68 GSDs. The content of these GSDs is checked and validated by an international team of taxonomic editors. Currently WoRMS is providing 40 GSDs to CoL. This is done by the WoRMS data management team at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) through monthly automated exports.
To improve the collaboration between CoL and WoRMS, two members of the WoRMS data management team were invited to become a member of the CoL Global Team (Leen Vandepitte, VLIZ) and CoL Editorial Board (Wim Decock, VLIZ).
The CoL Global Team is an international group of taxonomic experts who advise and decide upon the scientific policy for the Catalogue of Life. The CoL Global Team is made up of GSD custodians, and representatives of ITIS and Species2000. The CoL Editorial Board is responsible for the overall taxonomic content of CoL, and the assembly and publication of the CoL Annual Checklist.
This collaboration will further enhance the construction of the LifeWatch taxonomic backbone.
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