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- Brodkorb, P. 1963-1971. Class Aves (birds): all 332 extinct genera (excl. Passeriformes)
- Dickinson, E.C. 2003. Class Aves (birds): all 9726 recent species
- Emery, C. 1920. Genus Camponotus (insects): all 443 species
- Garrity, G.M. et al. 2007. Prokaryota (prokaryotes): all 6605 species
- Grzimek, B. et al. 1973-1975. Class Aves (birds): all 3818 recent species
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Regnum Animale (animals): all 4384 species
- Livezey, B.C. & Zusi, R.L. 2007. Subclass Avialae (birds): all 133 families
- Mabberley, D.J. 2008. Phylum Tracheophyta (plants): all 469 families
- Particle Data Group, 2008. particles (physics): 836 species
- Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2007. Superorder Neuropterida (insects): classification [Contributor: M.S. Engel]
- Garrity, G.M. et al. 2007. Prokaryota (prokaryotes): all 1462 genera
- Linnaeus, C. 1735. Naturalia: all 1008 genera
- Linnaeus, C. 1748. Naturalia: all 1316 genera
- Linnaeus, C. 1753. Kingdom Plantae (plants): all 1101 genera
- Liu, Z. et al. 2007. Superfamily Cynipoidea (insects): classification, and all 33 fossil species [Contributor: M.S. Engel]
- Smith, A.B.T. 2006. Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (insects): classification
- de Tournefort, J.P. 1694. Kingdom Plantae (plants): all 639 genera
- Clerck, C. 1757. Aranei (arthropods): all 70 species
- Corbet, G.B. & Hill, J.E. 1991. Class Mammalia (mammals): species
- Eriksson, O.E. (ed.) 2006. Phylum Ascomycota (fungi): all 3593 genera [Contributor: A.T. White]
- Eriksson, O.E. & Winka, K. 1997. Phylum Ascomycota (fungi): all 43 orders
- Frost, D.R. et al. 2006. Class Amphibia (amphibians): all 481 genera
- Kaesler, R.L. 2006. Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea (invertebrates): all 345 families
- Linnaeus, C. 1735. Kingdom Animale (animals): all 191 genera and 549 species
- Linnaeus, C. 1753. Kingdom Plantae (plants): all 109 orders
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Class Insecta (insects): all 2110 species
- Smith, A.R. et al. 2006. Infradivision "Moniliformopses" (plants): all 277 genera
- Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Gastropoda (molluscs): all 410 recent and 195 fossil families
- Dei-Cas, E. et al. 2006. Genus Pneumocystis (fungi) [Contributor: E. Dei-Cas]
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Class Pisces (fishes): all 378 species
- McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. 1997. Mammaliaformes (mammalia): all 1124 recent and 4057 fossil genera
- Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. 1993. Class Mammalia (mammalia): all subgenera
- Wilson, H.M. & Anderson, L.I. 2004. Superorder Archipolypoda (arthropods) [Contributor: L.I. Anderson]
- Xianguang, H. & Bergström, J. 1997. Phylum Schizoramia (arthropods): all 37 families
- The "Show Tree" functionality of Parameters in Advanced Search does not show the selected node in the tree.
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Conversion of The Taxonomicon Editor application from Visual Basic 6.0 and Access 2003 database to .NET 2.0 (C#) and SQL Server 2005 database.
The new application will be much more sophisticated, allowing me to be more accurate especially regarding taxon properties.
- Better readable reference attributes on Taxon Hierarchy page, e.g. '[nt]' becomes '[new taxon]'
- Major update of the data model
- Conversion of web site from Microsoft .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0
- Improved layout for Firefox browsers
- Introduction of Site map page, and breadcrumb navigation
- Advanced Search/Topic Index:
- Search by "Activity pattern"
- Search by "Substratum"
- Introduction of Referrers page
- Quick Search:
- Search "Taxon by Scientific Name (all groups)" (default)
- Topic/Advanced Search Results (Tree View):
- Immediate selection of the first taxon within the selected higher taxon.
- Taxon Nomenclature, Properties, Relationships, Bibliography and Links pages:
- Navigation by selection of parents, siblings and children of the current taxon
- Introduction of specimens
(example)
- Taxon Relationships pages:
- Improved layout
(example)
- Introduction of Taxon Relationship Details pages
(example)
- Topic pages:
- Navigation by selection of parents, siblings and children of the current topic
- View taxa as a list or as a tree
- Short descriptions added
(example)
- Quick Search:
- Search "Disease"
- Search "Taxon by Authorship", for selection of all taxa published by a certain author and/or published in a certain year.
- Advanced Search:
- Search by "Toxin"
- View taxa as a list or as a tree in the search results
- Advanced Search/Topic Index:
- Search by "Alkaloid"
- Search by "Altitudinal zone"
- Search by "Bathymetric zone"
- Search by "Feeding strategy"
- Search by "Lifestyle"
- Search by "Nutritional category"
- Quick Search:
- Topic Index (e.g. country, habitat, geologic time)
- Person Index (instead of Author Index to include persons that taxa are named after) example
- Advanced Search:
- Search by "Habitat"
- Values section: Add items by selecting the name after a quick search (instead of a separate Add-button)
- Criteria section: Remove selected items in the criterion list
- Results page: Enable/Disable items in the criterion list for quickly searching different combinations
- Person Details: New section "Derived taxon names"
- New look for hierarchies:
- Taxon Hierarchy
- Topic
- Advanced Search Criteria (Parameters)
- Advanced Search Results
- The last selected taxon is retained between calls between Advanced Searches and Topics for quick comparison
- Introduction of Project Statistics pages for The Taxonomicon and Systema Naturae 2000
- Quick Search:
- Search "Taxon by Common Name (Dutch)"
- Direct linkage to Nomenclature, Properties, Relationships, Bibliography and Links (N|P|R|B|L)
- Advanced Search: Search by "Geographic region"
- Taxon Hierarchy:
- Indication of incertae sedis (?Taxon)
- Indication of type taxon (Taxon™)
- Taxon Links:
- Search by "CISTI (Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information)"
- Search by "Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine (NCBI)"
- Search by "Google Scholar"
- Search by "PubMed (NCBI)"
- Search by "Zoological Record (Biosis)"
- Advanced Search enhancements:
- "Geologic time" and "Global 200 ecoregion" presented as trees
- Search by "Nomenclatural attribute"
- Search by "Taxon group"
- Search by "Parasite type"
- Taxon Index: completeness indicators added
- Taxon Relationships: references added
- Article Index: more details
- Quick Search: search string retained between pages
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Introduction of Taxon Relationships
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Introduction of Topic pages (example)
Topic pages are accessible through items on:
- Advanced Search Criteria and Results pages
- Taxon Properties pages
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Introduction of Taxon Groups (e.g. mammals, insects, plants, prokaryotes)
Taxon groups are indicated on:
- Quick Search Results pages
- Taxon Relationships pages
- Homonym Index pages
and grouped by on:
- Topic pages
- Advanced Search Results pages
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Introduction of Concepts (taxa, clades and grades)
An excellent description of the three concepts can be found in this article by T. Cavalier-Smith.
See also Proceedings in Systema Naturae 2000
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Advanced Search enhancements:
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Taxon Hierarchy enhancements:
- Show/Hide Position (example)
- Sort by Name/Position
- Quality mark '®': exact rank, name and position of a formal entry within an authorative publication
NOTE: Many positions are not set properly yet. Systema Naturae 2000 uses phylogenetic positions,
whereas most original sources within The Taxonomicon use bibliographic positions.
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Reference Details enhancements:
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Homonym Index enhancements:
- indication of code (e.g. ICZN, ICBN)
- indication of taxon group (see above)
- conditional homonyms (example)
- Tabstrip: Taxon Images merged with Taxon Links
- Quick Search: Author Index (on individual author)
- Quick Search: Homonym Index
- Quick Search: Taxon Index by Common Name
- Quick Search: Article Index (only shows the title)
- Quick Search: Author Index (on combination of authors)
- Quick Search: Taxon Index by Scientific Name divided by rank
- Introduction of Author Details pages
- Introduction of Reference Details pages
- Introduction of Advanced Search (for Global200 ecoregions)
- Introduction of Taxon Nomenclature pages
- Public introduction of The Taxonomicon (prototype) website
- Private introduction of The Taxonomicon (prototype) website
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