David Remsen

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icon company Marine Biological Laboratory icon location Woods Hole, MA, USA icon location Formerly at GBIF. Now MBL. Biodiversity informatics, with an emphasis on taxonomic data/infrastructure.

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How to detect chresonyms?

My introduction to chresonyms was first with the COL reptile data from Uetz but I got my teeth into them with Hershkovitz’ Catalog of Living Whales. See https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33227#page/43/mode/1up https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33227#page/51/mode/1up For...

Define objective rules for taxon concept identity

I'm very happy to see this thread back in action and wish to contribute constructively. I need to spend a bit more time reviewing all of this to get back...

Define objective rules for taxon concept identity

Thierry, Certainly I agree with this last sentiment and so wish to be very careful. We need an identifier system that is tractable and has practical value while at the...

Define objective rules for taxon concept identity

I saw the update came in and wanted to check in. Where do we stand on taxon concept IDs? I've been giving them a lot f of thought recently. I...