Biodiversity Data Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13
Published: Feb. 10, 2025
What if early taxonomic findings were treated like preprints, open to iterative improvement or managed with practices from the open-source community, such as Git branching, merging and patch management? Prompted by Buckley's article Charting a Future for Entomological Taxonomy in New Zealand (2024), this commentary explores these possibilities context of biodiversity informatics. In response need rapid, scalable monitoring, Buckley introduces preliminary species hypotheses (PSH) bridge between quick identification tools rigorous Linnaean system, leveraging DNA barcoding AI-assisted image recognition produce provisional classifications that can later be validated. Expanding on Buckley’s framework, emphasises critical role data linking, versioning integration support evolving data. Borrowing software practices, I explore idea managing PSH an infrastructure treats each update versioned "commit", which tracked, refined integrated over time. Drawing insights FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles Digital Extended Specimens, identify requirements PSH, including robust standards, persistent identifiers interoperability global repositories. Additionally, Taxonomic Data Objects offer model dynamically integrating into adaptable taxonomies evolve new tools. By positioning within open, infrastructure-focused advocates scalable, hypothesis-driven meets modern conservation needs, bridging traditional emerging taxonomy.
Language: Английский