Liberating links between datasets using lightweight data publishing: an example using plant names and the taxonomic literature

Page, R. (2018) Liberating links between datasets using lightweight data publishing: an example using plant names and the taxonomic literature. Biodiversity Data Journal, 6, e27539. (doi: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e27539) (PMID:30065607) (PMCID:PMC6066477)

Abstract

Constructing a biodiversity knowledge graph will require making millions of cross links between diversity entities in different datasets. Researchers trying to bootstrap the growth of the biodiversity knowledge graph by constructing databases of links between these entities lack obvious ways to publish these sets of links. One appealing and lightweight approach is to create a "datasette", a database that is wrapped together with a simple web server that enables users to query the data. Datasettes can be packaged into Docker containers and hosted online with minimal effort. This approach is illustrated using a dataset of links between globally unique identifiers for plant taxonomic namesand identifiers for the taxonomic articles that published those names.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Page, Professor Roderic
• Authors: Page, R.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine
• Journal Name: Biodiversity Data Journal
• Publisher: Pensoft
• ISSN: 1314-2836
• ISSN (Online): 1314-2828
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 Page R.
• First Published: First published in Biodiversity Data Journal 6:e27539
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License