species-examples-regrouped

This is a re-grouping of the examples on species-examples

Note: the original name of the proposed microformat, "species", is likely to change, probably to "biota" or "taxon". The former has been retained here, to avoid having to make many repetitive and perhaps redundant edits

Grouped By Publisher

West Midland Bird Club

• Black-tailed Godwit

<b class="bird">Black-tailed Godwit</b>

• Limosa limosa

<th scope="col">Common Name</th><th scope="col">Scientific Name</th>
[...]
<th scope="row" class="bird">Black-tailed Godwit</th><td class="sci">Limosa limosa</td>

• Eurasian Bittern

<b class="bird">Eurasian Bitterns</b>, (<i class="sci">Botaurus stellaris</i>)

• Galeopsis tetrahit s.s.

<i class="sci">Galeopsis tetrahit <abbr lang="la" title="sensu stricto">s.s.</abbr></i> (<b class="plant">Common Hemp-nettle</b>)

• Ladywalk

The shallow scrapes are now home to many <strong>dragonflies</strong> and <strong>damselflies</strong>

• Comments
  • Occurrences of common bird names are consistently bolded <b> and given a class of "bird". Occurrences of scientific names are consistently italisized <i> and given a class name of "sci". Common plant names are bolded and given a class name of "plant". In the last example, common insect names (in this case at the order rank) are tagged with <strong>. - Charles Roper

species.mediawiki.org

species.mediawiki.org media bird .

<dd>Regnum: <a href="/wiki/Animalia" title="Animalia">Animalia</a> (Metazoa)
<dl>
<dd>Subregnum: <a href="/wiki/Eumetazoa" title="Eumetazoa">Eumetazoa</a>
<dl>
<dd>Superphylum: Bilateria: <a href="/wiki/Deuterostomia" title="Deuterostomia">Deuterostomia</a>
<dl>
<dd>Phylum: <a href="/wiki/Chordata" title="Chordata">Chordata</a>
<dl>

<dd>Subphylum: <a href="/wiki/Vertebrata" title="Vertebrata">Vertebrata</a>
<dl>
<dd>Classis: <a href="/wiki/Aves" title="Aves">Aves</a>
<dl>
<dd>Subclassis: <a href="/wiki/Neognathae" title="Neognathae">Neognathae</a>
<dl>
<dd>Ordo: <a href="/wiki/Charadriiformes" title="Charadriiformes">Charadriiformes</a>
<dl>
<dd>Subordo: <a href="/wiki/Charadrii" title="Charadrii">Charadrii</a>

<dl>
<dd>Familia: <a href="/wiki/Charadriidae" title="Charadriidae">Charadriidae</a>
<dl>
<dd>Subfamily: <a href="/wiki/Charadriinae" title="Charadriinae">Charadriinae</a>
<dl>
<dd>Genus: <i><a href="/wiki/Charadrius" title="Charadrius">Charadrius</a></i>
<dl>
<dd>Species: <i><strong class="selflink">Charadrius dubius</strong></i>
<dl>

<dd>Subspecies: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charadrius_dubius_curonicus&action=edit" class="new" title="Charadrius dubius curonicus">C. d. curonicus</a></i> - <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charadrius_dubius_dubius&action=edit" class="new" title="Charadrius dubius dubius">C. d. dubius</a></i> - <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charadrius_dubius_jerdoni&action=edit" class="new" title="Charadrius dubius jerdoni">C. d. jerdoni</a></i> - <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charadrius_dubius_papuanus&action=edit" class="new" title="Charadrius dubius papuanus">C. d. papuanus</a></i></dd>


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• Comments
  • This feels similar to tagging to me. This particular example has a resolves the whole heirarchy, correct? BenWest 17:57, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)
    • In what way is it similar to tagging? Your question cannot be parsed. AndyMabbett 04:10, 22 Oct 2006 (PDT)

International Wolf Center

Wolf Example

• Comments
  • The word "wolf" appears all over, a brief look only revealed "delist

wolves" as more resolution in some free text. Is this a good example of how species data is marked up on the web? BenWest 22:20, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Northern Pike Example

<h1 class="last">Northern pike</h1>

Pike & Zander

Pike & Zander

The Pike is known worldwide, a species of the family Esocidae...

In Europe and Asia, Esox lucius had to...

• Comments
  • Free text, in paragraph elements.

funkman.org

Death's Head Hawkmoth Example Free text in paragraph elements.

UK Moths

Acherontia atropos

 
<i>Acherontia atropos</i>

 
<div id="title">Sphingidae: Sphinginae</div>

 
(<i>Solanum tuberosum</i>)

Cirsium arvense Key

 
<b>Key to leaf-feeding micro-moth larvae on creeping thistle (<i>Cirsium arvense</i>)</b>

 
1076 <a href="show.php?bf=1076"><i>Celypha lacunana</i></a>. A very common polyphage, but too many varieties to include.

 
1380 <a href="show.php?bf=1380"><i>Phlyctaenia perlucidalis</i></a>. No larval description or photographs available Feb. 2004.<br>

 
814a <i>Scrobipalpa pauperella</i>. No larval description or photographs available Feb. 2004.

• Comments
  • Use of <i> to italicize. Use of scientific names and latin. BenWest 22:20, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)
  • Again, two next to last examples look like tagging. BenWest 22:20, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)

Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre

Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta)

 
include a <strong>White Admiral</strong> (<i>Limenitis camilla</i>), an <i><a href="http://www.britishspiders.org.uk/html/nbn.php?spn=375">Araneus angulatus</a></i>, 

All common names are in strong elements, the species is in an italic element, with resolution as link text, which turns out to be a fairly consistent convention on this particular site.

• Comments
  • Again, some part of the resolution is the link text to a resource presumably considered authoritative. Resembles tagging. This particular site also puts common names in a strong tag, with the species in an italic tag.
    • No, it's not necessarily an authoritative resource; it's just a link to a site I consider useful for those seeking further information on this species. - Charles Roper
  • The use of an italicized scientific name is a very common convention, particularly in printed media but also online. The use of strong names is also a common convention, particularly online, as it helps readers scan a page quickly for species they are interested in. Further examples of this convention can be found here:
    • Sussex Ornithological Society
    • RXWildlife weblog
    • Ramblings of a Naturalist weblog. This site also has examples of italicizing scientific names.

Charles Roper

WildRye.info

Temmick's Stint

Bird highlight during September was a <strong>Temminck’s Stint</strong> (below)

Pinion-streaked Snout Schrankia costaestrigalis

<strong>Pinion-streaked Snout</strong> <em>Schrankia costaestrigalis</em>

Festoon A. limacodes

<strong>Festoon</strong> <em>A. limacodes</em>

• Comments
  • This site uses the common bold common name/italisized scientific name pattern. Of note is the last example which uses an abbreviated genus (A.) --Charles Roper 01:23, 24 Oct 2006 (PDT)
  • "<em>" and "<strong>" should not be used (according to a lengthy debate on a web authoring forum some time ago), because text thus marked will be emphasised/ "shouted" verbally in an aural browser or text reader. Either <i>/ <b> should be used, or a style with italicised/ heavier-font-weight text, or both (the later happens on the West Midland Bird Club website). Andy Mabbett 01:30, 24 Oct 2006 (PDT)
    • I agree regarding the use of <i> over <em> as the italisizing of a scientific name is not necessarily an emphasis. However, I believe the use of <strong> is valid as the intent is to emphasise the content, drawing the reader's eye. I see no problem with strong content being emphasised aurally. I am comfortable with the use of <i> tags for scientific names as they are often referred to a Latin names (even though they are not necessarily Latin) and could be considered a form of Italic language --Charles Roper 09:49, 24 Oct 2006 (PDT)
      • There is no "reader's eye" in an aural browser or text reader! Try reading a page with such names emboldened and speaking "strongly" (i.e. raising your voice slightly) each time you say one. Preferably in a busy office ;-) Andy Mabbett 10:58, 24 Oct 2006 (PDT)
        • True, there is no reader's eye, but aural properties can be styled with CSS. Better to use stylesheets to change the style of the content rather than demand a change in markup. Remember, microformats are supposed to be based on existing markup practices where possible. --Charles Roper 03:28, 31 Oct 2006 (PST)
          • How widely supported is aural styling? And yes, you're right about existing mark-up practices; but I was explaining why those practices are wrong, not that uFs should change them. AndyMabbett 06:25, 31 Oct 2006 (PST)

To do

TODO: remove, or at least coalesce free text examples. create a commonalities section. BenWest 22:20, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT) TODO: I've been working down the examples list, item by item to reorganize by publisher, like the other *-examples pages have done. So far, I've gone from the top of binominals to the top of the Plant section. It's a Saturday night and time to have some fun so.... If someone continues this work before I get a chance to continue, please note where you left off. BenWest 22:20, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)

Alternative Grouping By Strategy

I'd like to regroup these examples... perhaps by publishing strategy instead of a list of what is being published. Should this be available as an alternate grouping section? In the mean time, a grouping by publisher would help analysis go smoother. BenWest 17:57, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)

I looked at several examples. Several of them feel like tagging to me. Should we attempt to note what level or resolution is available in each example?

Tagging

The [wiki media bird example] is particularly interesting.

<dd>Regnum: <a href="/wiki/Animalia" title="Animalia">Animalia</a> (Metazoa)
<dl>
<dd>Subregnum: <a href="/wiki/Eumetazoa" title="Eumetazoa">Eumetazoa</a>
<dl>
<dd>Superphylum: Bilateria: <a href="/wiki/Deuterostomia" title="Deuterostomia">Deuterostomia</a>
<dl>
<dd>Phylum: <a href="/wiki/Chordata" title="Chordata">Chordata</a>
<dl>

<dd>Subphylum: <a href="/wiki/Vertebrata" title="Vertebrata">Vertebrata</a>
<dl>
<dd>Classis: <a href="/wiki/Aves" title="Aves">Aves</a>
<dl>
<dd>Subclassis: <a href="/wiki/Neognathae" title="Neognathae">Neognathae</a>
<dl>
<dd>Ordo: <a href="/wiki/Charadriiformes" title="Charadriiformes">Charadriiformes</a>
<dl>
<dd>Subordo: <a href="/wiki/Charadrii" title="Charadrii">Charadrii</a>

<dl>
<dd>Familia: <a href="/wiki/Charadriidae" title="Charadriidae">Charadriidae</a>
<dl>
<dd>Subfamily: <a href="/wiki/Charadriinae" title="Charadriinae">Charadriinae</a>
<dl>
<dd>Genus: <i><a href="/wiki/Charadrius" title="Charadrius">Charadrius</a></i>
<dl>
<dd>Species: <i><strong class="selflink">Charadrius dubius</strong></i>
<dl>

<dd>Subspecies: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charadrius_dubius_curonicus&action=edit" class="new" title="Charadrius dubius curonicus">C. d. curonicus</a></i> - <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charadrius_dubius_dubius&action=edit" class="new" title="Charadrius dubius dubius">C. d. dubius</a></i> - <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charadrius_dubius_jerdoni&action=edit" class="new" title="Charadrius dubius jerdoni">C. d. jerdoni</a></i> - <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charadrius_dubius_papuanus&action=edit" class="new" title="Charadrius dubius papuanus">C. d. papuanus</a></i></dd>


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This feels similar to tagging to me. This particular example has a resolves the whole heirarchy, correct? BenWest 17:57, 21 Oct 2006 (PDT)

See also

• species
• examples
  • examples regrouped
• quantitative evidence
  • Initial quantitative examples
  • further quantitative examples
• brainstorming (includes the straw man- or draft standard)