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GBIF backbone in files

The GBIF Backbone taxonomy put into GitHub as a filesystem based taxonomy with one folder per taxon. Every folder is named after the canonical name of the taxon and contains 2 files:

  • README.md: A simple human readable overview of the taxon
  • data.json: A json file representing the NameUsage as retrieved from the GBIF API, for example Bufo bufo: http://api.gbif.org/v0.9/species/5217160

The folder hierarchy in the filesystem exactly represents the taxonomic classification.

Export code

The files have been generated by a small experimental java class NubGitExporter.java which is part of the GBIF Checklist Bank project.

Known bugs

The backbone version hosted here has the following known bugs, reviewed in this blog post:

  • Animalia and Plantae are not populated because git was soooo slow
  • Synonyms and infraspecific taxa are erroneously mapped to the same folder as their accepted species, thereby overwriting the real species information