Page, R.D.M. (2011) Linking NCBI to Wikipedia: a wiki-based approach. PLoS Currents, 31(3), RRN1228. (doi: 10.1371/currents.RRN1228)
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Abstract
The NCBI Taxonomy underpins many bioinformatics and phyloinformatics databases, but by itself provides limited information on the taxa it contains. One readily available source of information on many taxa is Wikipedia. This paper describes iPhylo Linkout, a Semantic wiki that maps taxa in NCBI's taxonomy database onto corresponding pages in Wikipedia. Storing the mapping in a wiki makes it easy to edit, correct, or otherwise annotate the links between NCBI and Wikipedia. The mapping currently comprises some 53,000 taxa, and is available at http://iphylo.org/linkout. The links between NCBI and Wikipedia are also made available to NCBI users through the NCBI LinkOut service.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Page, Professor Roderic |
| Authors: | Page, R.D.M. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Journal Name: | PLoS Currents |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
| ISSN: | 2157-3999 |
| Published Online: | 31 March 2011 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2011 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in PLoS Currents 31(3):RRN1228 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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