Recommendations for use of annotations and persistent identifiers in taxonomy and biodiversity publishing

Donat Agosti; Laurence Benichou; Wouter Addink; Christos Arvanitidis; Terence Catapano; Guy Cochrane; Mathias Dillen; Markus Döring; Teodor Georgiev; Isabelle Gérard; Quentin Groom; Puneet Kishor; Andreas Kroh; Jiří Kvaček; Patricia Mergen; Daniel Mietchen; Joana Pauperio; Guido Sautter; Lyubomir Penev

doi:10.3897/rio.8.e97374

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Research Ideas and Outcomes 8: e97374
https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.8.e97374 (16 Nov 2022)

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Introduction
- Specifics of taxonomic publications
- Use of identifiers
- On the need of harmonisation
Publications, publication sections, sub-article data elements and their identifiers
Front matter of the publication
- Definition
- Persistent unique identifiers for the front matter
  - International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
  - International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
  - Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Body of the article
- Definition
- Sections
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for sections
  - How to annotate sections
  - Example
  - Recommendation
- Figures, figure captions and citations
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for figures
  - How to mint an identifier for a figure
  - How to annotate and cite a figure, figure caption and figure citation
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
- Tables, table citations
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for table
  - How to mint a table identifier
  - Annotating and citing tables
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
- Taxonomic treatments
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for taxonomic treatments
  - How to discover treatment identifiers
  - How to mint an identifier for treatment
  - How to annotate and cite treatments
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
- Treatment citations
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for treatment citations
  - How to discover treatment citations
  - How to mint an identifier for treatment citation
  - How to annotate and cite a treatment citation
  - Example
  - Recommendation
- Material citations
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for material citations
  - How to discover material citations' identifiers
  - How to mint an identifier for material citation
  - How to annotate and cite material citation
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
- Taxonomic names
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for new names or nomenclatural acts
  - Identifiers for taxa in Catalogue of Life, NCBI taxonomy, and TreatmentBank
  - How to discover identifiers of names
  - How to mint an identifier for new names
  - How to annotate and cite a taxon name
  - Examples of annotations
  - Recommendation
- Specimens
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for specimens
  - How to discover specimen identifiers
  - How to mint a specimen identifier
  - How to annotate and cite specimens
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
- Sequence data
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for gene sequences
  - How to discover gene sequences’ identifiers
  - How to mint an identifier for gene sequences
  - How to annotate and cite gene sequences identifiers
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
- Persons
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for person names
  - How to discover persons’ identifiers
  - How to mint an identifier for person's name
  - How to annotate and cite person's name identifier
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
- Institutions and collections
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for institutions
  - How to discover an institution’s identifier
  - How to mint an identifier for an institution
  - How to annotate and cite institutions' identifiers
  - Examples
  - Recommendations
Back matter
- Definition
- Acknowledgements
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers in the ackowledgement
  - How to discover funding agencies identifiers
  - How to annotate and cite identifiers from the ackowledgment
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
- Bibliographic references and citations
  - Definition
  - What are the identifiers for bibliographic references
  - How to discover bibliographic references identifiers
  - How to mint DOIs
  - How to annotate and cite them
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
- Supplementary material
  - Definition
  - What are identifiers for supplementary materials
  - How to discover supplementary materials’ identifiers
  - How to mint identifiers for supplementary materials
  - How to annotate and cite supplementary materials
  - Examples
  - Recommendation
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Supplementary files
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