Identifier of a taxon or synonym in the Catalogue of Life

Prefix

col

Keywords

biodiversity taxonomic classification taxonomy

Links

Homepage

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local unique identifiers in Catalogue of Life should match this regular expression:
^[23456789BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ]{1,6}$

Example Local Unique Identifier

4QHKG   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Catalogue of Life should match this regular expression:
^col:[23456789BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ]{1,6}$

Example CURIE

col:4QHKG

Contact

Olaf Bánki   0000-0001-6197-9951

Identifier Space Owner

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Mappings from records in Semantic Farm to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 4 mappings to external registries with 4 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 4QHKG is used to demonstrate the providers available for Catalogue of Life. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Additional providers curated in the Semantic Farm are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.