Wikispecies

Submitted by drupalAdmin on Thu, 2009-11-19 09:26

"Wikispecies is an open, free directory of species. It covers Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and all other forms of life. So far we have 194,202 taxonomic entries."

General information
Vocabulary type: 
Taxonomy
Vocabulary URL: 

http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
No
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

Main language of terms is Latin. Interfaces and vernacular names in Arabic, Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Interlingua, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Mandarin, Occitan, Old English, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Ripuarian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simple English, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Sundanese, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Venetian, Vietnamese, Volapük, Welsh, Yiddish

Major subjects covered: 

Plants; animals; fungi; microorganisms

Purpose: 

“Wikispecies is an open, wiki-based species directory and central database of taxonomy. It is aimed at the needs of scientific users rather than general users.”

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Hierarchy
Web linked terms
Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Language or dialect)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Symbols, animation, sound)
Number of classes: 

6

Number of terms: 
204,046
Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
“Wikispecies is free, because life is in the public domain!” “Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License; additional terms may apply.”
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
Wikimedia Foundation
Provider URL: 

http://wikimediafoundation.org

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