PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe

Yde de Jong; Juliana Kouwenberg; Louis Boumans; Charles Hussey; Roger Hyam; Nicola Nicolson; Paul Kirk; Alan Paton; Ellinor Michel; Michael Guiry; Phillip Boegh; Henrik Ærenlund Pedersen; Henrik Enghoff; Eckhard von Raab-Straube; Anton Güntsch; Marc Geoffroy; Andreas Müller; Andreas Kohlbecker; Walter Berendsohn; Ward Appeltans; Christos Arvanitidis; Bart Vanhoorne; Joram Declerck; Leen Vandepitte; Francisco Hernandez; Róisín Nash; Mark Costello; David Ouvrard; Pascale Bezard-Falgas; Thierry Bourgoin; Florian Wetzel; Falko Glöckler; Günther Korb; Caroline Ring; Gregor Hagedorn; Christoph Häuser; Nihat Aktaç; Ahmet Asan; Adorian Ardelean; Paulo Borges; Dhimiter Dhora; Hasmik Khachatryan; Michael Malicky; Shaig Ibrahimov; Alexander Tuzikov; Aaike De Wever; Snejana Moncheva; Nikolai Spassov; Karel Chobot; Alexi Popov; Igor Boršić; Spyros Sfenthourakis; Urmas Kõljalg; Pertti Uotila; Gargominy Olivier; Jean-Claude Dauvin; David Tarkhnishvili; Giorgi Chaladze; Michael Tuerkay; Anastasios Legakis; László Peregovits; Gudmundur Gudmundsson; Erling Ólafsson; Liam Lysaght; Bella Galil; Francesco Raimondo; Gianniantonio Domina; Fabio Stoch; Alessandro Minelli; Voldermars Spungis; Eduardas Budrys; Sergej Olenin; Armand Turpel; Tania Walisch; Vladimir Krpach; Marie Gambin; Laurentia Ungureanu; Gordan Karaman; Roy Kleukers; Elisabeth Stur; Kaare Aagaard; Nils Valland; Toril Moen; Wieslaw Bogdanowicz; Piotr Tykarski; Jan Węsławski; Monika Kędra; Antonio M. de Frias Martins; António Abreu; Ricardo Silva; Sergei Medvedev; Alexander Ryss; Smiljka Šimić; Karol Marhold; Eduard Stloukal; Davorin Tome; Marian Ramos; Benito Valdés; Francisco Pina; Sven Kullander; Anders Telenius; Yves Gonseth; Pascal Tschudin; Oleksandra Sergeyeva; Volodymyr Vladymyrov; Volodymyr Rizun; Chris Raper; Dan Lear; Pavel Stoev; Lyubomir Penev; Ana Rubio; Thierry Backeljau; Hannu Saarenmaa; Sandrine Ulenberg

doi:10.3897/bdj.3.e5848

PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe

Yde de Jong, Juliana Kouwenberg, Louis Boumans, Charles Hussey, Roger Hyam, Nicola Nicolson, Paul Kirk, Alan Paton, Ellinor Michel, Michael Guiry, Phillip Boegh, Henrik Ærenlund Pedersen, Henrik Enghoff, Eckhard von Raab-Straube, Anton Güntsch, Marc Geoffroy, Andreas Müller, Andreas Kohlbecker, Walter Berendsohn, Ward AppeltansChristos Arvanitidis, Bart Vanhoorne, Joram Declerck, Leen Vandepitte, Francisco Hernandez, Róisín Nash, Mark Costello, David Ouvrard, Pascale Bezard-Falgas, Thierry Bourgoin, Florian Wetzel, Falko Glöckler, Günther Korb, Caroline Ring, Gregor Hagedorn, Christoph Häuser, Nihat Aktaç, Ahmet Asan, Adorian Ardelean, Paulo Borges, Dhimiter Dhora, Hasmik Khachatryan, Michael Malicky, Shaig Ibrahimov, Alexander Tuzikov, Aaike De Wever, Snejana Moncheva, Nikolai Spassov, Karel Chobot, Alexi Popov, Igor Boršić, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Urmas Kõljalg, Pertti Uotila, Gargominy Olivier, Jean-Claude Dauvin, David Tarkhnishvili, Giorgi Chaladze, Michael Tuerkay, Anastasios Legakis, László Peregovits, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Erling Ólafsson, Liam Lysaght, Bella Galil, Francesco Raimondo, Gianniantonio Domina, Fabio Stoch, Alessandro Minelli, Voldermars Spungis, Eduardas Budrys, Sergej Olenin, Armand Turpel, Tania Walisch, Vladimir Krpach, Marie Gambin, Laurentia Ungureanu, Gordan Karaman, Roy Kleukers, Elisabeth Stur, Kaare Aagaard, Nils Valland, Toril Moen, Wieslaw Bogdanowicz, Piotr Tykarski, Jan Węsławski, Monika Kędra, Antonio M. de Frias Martins, António Abreu, Ricardo Silva, Sergei Medvedev, Alexander Ryss, Smiljka Šimić, Karol Marhold, Eduard Stloukal, Davorin Tome, Marian Ramos, Benito Valdés, Francisco Pina, Sven Kullander, Anders Telenius, Yves Gonseth, Pascal Tschudin, Oleksandra Sergeyeva, Volodymyr Vladymyrov, Volodymyr Rizun, Chris Raper, Dan Lear, Pavel Stoev, Lyubomir Penev, Ana Rubio, Thierry Backeljau, Hannu Saarenmaa, Sandrine Ulenberg

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Abstract

Reliable taxonomy underpins communication in all of biology, not least nature conservation and sustainable use of ecosystem resources. The flexibility of taxonomic interpretations, however, presents a serious challenge for end-users of taxonomic concepts. Users need standardised and continuously harmonised taxonomic reference systems, as well as highquality and complete taxonomic data sets, but these are generally lacking for nonspecialists. The solution is in dynamic, expertly curated web-based taxonomic tools. The Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI) worked to solve this key issue by providing a taxonomic e-infrastructure for Europe. It strengthened the relevant social (expertise) and information (standards, data and technical) capacities of five major community networks on taxonomic indexing in Europe, which is essential for proper biodiversity assessment and monitoring activities. The key objectives of PESI were: 1) standardisation in taxonomic reference systems, 2) enhancement of the quality and completeness of taxonomic data sets and 3) creation of integrated access to taxonomic information. New information This paper describes the results of PESI and its future prospects, including the involvement in major European biodiversity informatics initiatives and programs.

Original language	Danish
Article number	e5848
Journal	Biodiversity Data Journal
Volume	3
ISSN	1314-2836
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.3.e5848
Publication status	Published - 28 Sept 2015

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de Jong, Y., Kouwenberg, J., Boumans, L., Hussey, C., Hyam, R., Nicolson, N., Kirk, P., Paton, A., Michel, E., Guiry, M., Boegh, P., Pedersen, H. Æ., Enghoff, H., von Raab-Straube, E., Güntsch, A., Geoffroy, M., Müller, A., Kohlbecker, A., Berendsohn, W., ... Ulenberg, S. (2015). PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3, [e5848]. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.3.e5848

de Jong, Y, Kouwenberg, J, Boumans, L, Hussey, C, Hyam, R, Nicolson, N, Kirk, P, Paton, A, Michel, E, Guiry, M, Boegh, P, Pedersen, HÆ, Enghoff, H, von Raab-Straube, E, Güntsch, A, Geoffroy, M, Müller, A, Kohlbecker, A, Berendsohn, W, Appeltans, W, Arvanitidis, C, Vanhoorne, B, Declerck, J, Vandepitte, L, Hernandez, F, Nash, R, Costello, M, Ouvrard, D, Bezard-Falgas, P, Bourgoin, T, Wetzel, F, Glöckler, F, Korb, G, Ring, C, Hagedorn, G, Häuser, C, Aktaç, N, Asan, A, Ardelean, A, Borges, P, Dhora, D, Khachatryan, H, Malicky, M, Ibrahimov, S, Tuzikov, A, De Wever, A, Moncheva, S, Spassov, N, Chobot, K, Popov, A, Boršić, I, Sfenthourakis, S, Kõljalg, U, Uotila, P, Olivier, G, Dauvin, J-C, Tarkhnishvili, D, Chaladze, G, Tuerkay, M, Legakis, A, Peregovits, L, Gudmundsson, G, Ólafsson, E, Lysaght, L, Galil, B, Raimondo, F, Domina, G, Stoch, F, Minelli, A, Spungis, V, Budrys, E, Olenin, S, Turpel, A, Walisch, T, Krpach, V, Gambin, M, Ungureanu, L, Karaman, G, Kleukers, R, Stur, E, Aagaard, K, Valland, N, Moen, T, Bogdanowicz, W, Tykarski, P, Węsławski, J, Kędra, M, M. de Frias Martins, A, Abreu, A, Silva, R, Medvedev, S, Ryss, A, Šimić, S, Marhold, K, Stloukal, E, Tome, D, Ramos, M, Valdés, B, Pina, F, Kullander, S, Telenius, A, Gonseth, Y, Tschudin, P, Sergeyeva, O, Vladymyrov, V, Rizun, V, Raper, C, Lear, D, Stoev, P, Penev, L, Rubio, A, Backeljau, T, Saarenmaa, H & Ulenberg, S 2015, 'PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe', Biodiversity Data Journal, vol. 3, e5848. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.3.e5848

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