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Data model and comparison and query methods for interacting classifications in a taxonomic database
Author(s) -
Zhong Yang,
Jung Sungwon,
Pramanik Sakti,
Beaman John H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1224663
Subject(s) - computer science , taxonomic rank , information retrieval , taxon , database , taxonomy (biology) , data mining , ecology , biology
Summary Zhong, Y., Jung, S., Pramanik, S. & Beaman, J. H.: Data model and comparison and query methods for interacting classifications in a taxonomic database. – Taxon 45: 223‐241. 1996. –ISSN 0040‐0262. An information‐theoretic view has been applied to biological classification to capture taxonomic concepts as taxonomic data entities and to develop a system for managing these concepts and the lineage relationships among them. In order to develop the data model, it has been necessary to apply explicit definitions to several taxonomic terms that generally have not been precisely defined and to coin and define several new terms and concepts. Methods are outlined for comparing interacting classifications and querying hierarchical taxonomic databases. A program/database system called HICLAS, which provides an X‐Window interface to query classification data, is available on the Internet.