This ontology and the related TaxonConcept data set mints identifiers that are tied to a specific species concept which can have several names and classifications., Version 0.976 This is an ontology for dealing with data related to species including observations, specimens, images etc. Traditionally species have been identified by the combination of a genus and specific epithet, for example Puma concolor. However these names change frequently as new information moves a given species into a different genus etc. Most of the time the species concept itself is unchanged. This leads a lot of confusion and difficulty connecting data relating to a given species concept together. This ontology and the related TaxonConcept data set avoids this by minting identifiers that are tied to a specific species concept which can have several names and classifications. The RDF descriptions of each species concept provides some guide as to what is the best species concept for a given specimen or observation, and links together data sets containing additional information about that concept. Since some of these related data sets entail specific names or classifications they are loosely linked using skos:closeMatch etc. Depending on your particular needs, you might want to merge these in your own knowledge base as sameAs or simply merge those properties that you think are appropriate.

Prefix

taxonconcept

Links

Homepage

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Missing LUI pattern

Example Local Unique Identifier

hasAcceptedName   Resolve

Example CURIE

taxonconcept:hasAcceptedName

Contact

admin

A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.

In Collection (1)

NFDI4Biodiversity Collection

Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 1 mapping to an external registry.

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 hasAcceptedName is used to demonstrate the providers available for TaxonConcept Ontology. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.