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Taxonomic Name Resolution Service (TNRS)
The Taxonomic Name Resolution Service (TNRS) is a tool for the computer-assisted standardization of plant scientific names. The TNRS corrects spelling errors and alternative spellings to a standard list of names, and converts out-of-date names (synonyms) to the currently accepted name. The TNRS can process many names at once, saving hours of tedious and error-prone manual name correction. For names that cannot be resolved automatically, the TNRS presents a list of possibilities and provides tools for researching and selecting the preferred name.
The Taxonomic Name Resolution Service (TNRS)
- Corrects spelling errors and alternative spellings to a standard list of names
- Converts out-of-date names (synonyms) to the currently accepted name
- Processes over a hundred thousand names at a time
For names that cannot be resolved automatically, the TNRS presents a list of possibilities and provides tools for researching and selecting the preferred name.
Try TNRS now at http://tnrs.iplantcollaborative.org. Documentation is also available at this link.
Where does the TNRS get its names and synonyms?
- Currently, the source of names is the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Tropicos® database, an online repository of nomenclatural, bibliographic and specimen data.
- Additional taxonomic sources such as NCBI Taxonomy, USDA Plants and others will be added.
- For synonymy, where possible, the TNRS presents a single, best accepted name, as determined by Tropicos® according to their Computed Acceptance algorithm, which uses a variety of decision criteria, including date of publication and acceptance within expert-curated project checklists, as the basis for choosing among conflicting taxonomic opinions.
TNRS builds on the Global Names Index (GNI) parser and Taxamatch algorithms to yield a tool that resolves names against the Tropicos® database.
Developers are welcome to extend the TNRS to resolve the taxonomic name discrepancies of organisms other than plants.
Read more about TNRS:
Development Team
| Name | Role | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Boyle |
Lead - NCEAS BIEN Group |
NCEAS | |
| Brian Enquist | Co-Lead University of Arizona Group | The University of Arizona | |
| Nicole Hopkins | Requirements Analyst | iPlant Collaborative, The University of Arizona | |
| Jill Yarmchuck | Requirements Analyst | iPlant Collaborative, The University of Arizona | |
| Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay | Software Engineer | iPlant Collaborative, The University of Arizona | |
| Zhenyuan Lu | iPToL Engagement Team Analyst | iPlant Collaborative, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | |
| Martha Narro | Senior Projects Coordinator | iPlant Collaborative, The University of Arizona | |
| Shannon Oliver | Technical Documentation Specialist | iPlant Collaborative, The University of Arizona | |