Report prepared for the Experts Meeting Towards the Implementation of a Global Invasive Species
Information Network (GISIN), 6-8 April, 2004. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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8/30/2004
Standards for Taxonomy, Terminology, and
Data
Respondents were asked to indicate which
taxonomic/terminology/data standard (if
any) is referenced by their database. The
responses can be divided into three main
groups: those using the Integrated
Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (13),
not using a standard (17), or those using a
standard not listed in the survey (18) (Figure
5). One respondent uses the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) Glossary of
Phytosanitary Terms.
Responses in the Other category included:
CABI,
CABI Index Fungorum,
CAB Thesaurus,
International Committee on Taxonomy
Virus database (ICTV),
Germplasm Resources Information
Network (GRIN),
International Legume Database and
Information System (ILDIS),
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
(NIMA, USA),
National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI, USA),
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