taxadb_provider_info: Describe the taxonomic name providers
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taxadb_provider_info R Documentation
Describe the taxonomic name providers
Description
Describe the taxonomic name providers
Usage
taxadb_provider_info(provider = taxadb_providers())
Arguments
provider
one or more provider abbreviations; all by default
Details
Providers are not interchangeable. col, gbif and ott are
synthesis projects that integrate other checklists, while itis, ncbi,
fb and slb are primary authorities; the synthesis column records
which is which. More importantly, providers disagree: the same name can
be accepted by one and a synonym of something else in another, so a name
resolved against one provider should not be mixed with names resolved
against another. See vignette("data-sources").
Redistribution terms differ too. fb and slb are CC BY-NC, so those
two tables may not be used commercially.
Value
a data.frame with one row per provider giving its title, url,
the source its data is taken from, its license and a citation.
Examples
taxadb_provider_info()
taxadb_provider_info("col")$citation
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Describe the taxonomic name providers
Description
Describe the taxonomic name providers
Usage
taxadb_provider_info(provider = taxadb_providers())
Arguments
provider |
one or more provider abbreviations; all by default |
Details
Providers are not interchangeable. col, gbif and ott are
synthesis projects that integrate other checklists, while itis, ncbi,
fb and slb are primary authorities; the synthesis column records
which is which. More importantly, providers disagree: the same name can
be accepted by one and a synonym of something else in another, so a name
resolved against one provider should not be mixed with names resolved
against another. See vignette("data-sources").
Redistribution terms differ too. fb and slb are CC BY-NC, so those
two tables may not be used commercially.
Value
a data.frame with one row per provider giving its title, url,
the source its data is taken from, its license and a citation.
Examples
taxadb_provider_info()
taxadb_provider_info("col")$citation
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