Identifier of a taxon or synonym in the Catalogue of Life

Prefix
col
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Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Catalogue of Life should match this regular expression:
^[23456789BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ]{1,6}$

Example Local Unique Identifier
4QHKG   Resolve
Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Catalogue of Life should match this regular expression:
^col:[23456789BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ]{1,6}$

Example CURIE
col:4QHKG
Metaregistry Catalogue of Life

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 2 mappings to external registries for this resource with 2 unique external prefixes.

Registry Name Registry Metaprefix External Prefix Curate
BARTOC Basic Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications logo bartoc 1915
Identifiers.org Identifiers.org logo miriam col
Providers

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 4QHKG is used to demonstrate the providers available for Catalogue of Life. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Name Metaprefix URI
Catalogue of Life col https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/3LR/taxon/4QHKG
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/col:4QHKG
Identifiers.org miriam https://identifiers.org/col:4QHKG
Extra Providers

Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.

Code Name URL
col Catalogue of Life (COL) https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4QHKG