LSID Resolver for Taxon Names (UBio)

Responsible Person: Patrick Leary (Computer Programmer)

Participants: Charles Hussey

Description

uBio (http://www.ubio.org/), the Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer, has set up an LSID resolver serving taxon names data. Below is more information about the resolver.

Technical Information

• URL for prototype user interface:
• LSID authority(ies): ubio.org
• LSID namespace(s): namebank
• Hardware platform:
• Server platform:
• LSID Software stack used: Modified version of new (Roger's) PHP stack (??)
• RDF/OWL used for metadata: No RDFS at the moment (see sample RDF metadata below)
• Approximate number of LSIDs stored:
• Other resources:
• Sample LSIDs:
  • lsidres:urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:11815

Sample metadata:

<?xml version="1.0"?><rdf:RDF
   xmlns:a="urn:lsid:lsid.zoology.gla.ac.uk:predicates:"
   xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
   xmlns:c="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   xmlns:b="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
   <rdf:Description rdf:about="urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:11815">
      <c:creator>Universial Biological Indexer and Organizer (uBio)</c:creator>
      <c:publisher>uBio</c:publisher>
      <c:date>2006-02-24</c:date>
      <c:title>Pternistis leucoscepus (Gray, GR) 1867</c:title>
      <d:label>Pternistis leucoscepus</d:label>

      <a:rank>Species</a:rank>
      <c:identifier>11815</c:identifier>
      <a:hasBasionym rdf:resource="urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:12292"/>   
   </rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>

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