Taxonomy
The Taxonomy Database is a curated classification and nomenclature for all of the organisms in the public sequence databases. This currently represents about 10% of the described species of life on the planet.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[
"009:25"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "National Library of Medicine",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:custserv@nlm.nih.gov"
}
|
| description | The Taxonomy Database is a curated classification and nomenclature for all of the organisms in the public sequence databases. This currently represents about 10% of the described species of life on the planet. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Genetic Codes",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Currently, genetic codes can be set independently for nucleus, mitochondria, plastids and hydrogenosomes. The current settings for each of these on the taxonomic tree can be viewed with this following code list.",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/index.cgi?chapter=cgencodes"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Taxonomy Status Reports",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Displays the current status of a set of taxonomic nodes or IDs.",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/TaxIdentifier/tax_identifier.cgi"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Taxonomy Statistics - Query Interface",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Displays the number of taxonomic nodes in the database for a given rank and date of inclusion.",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/index.cgi?chapter=STATISTICS&uncultured=hide&unspecified=hide"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Extinct Organisms",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Extinct organisms that are represented with sequence data at GenBank",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/index.cgi?chapter=extinct"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Taxonomy Common Tree",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Generates a taxonomic tree for a selected group of organisms. Users can upload a file of taxonomy IDs or names, or they can enter names or IDs directly.",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/CommonTree/wwwcmt.cgi"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Taxonomy Browser - Query Interface",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Search the taxonomy tree using partial taxonomic names, common names, wild cards and phonetically similar names.",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Root"
}
]
|
| identifier | https://datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov/api/views/nmc6-m47x |
| issued | 2021-08-26 |
| keyword |
[
"biology",
"classification",
"dataset"
]
|
| landingPage | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy |
| license | http://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-odbl/ |
| modified | 2025-06-18 |
| programCode |
[
"009:041"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "National Library of Medicine",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| theme |
[
"Biology"
]
|
| title | Taxonomy |
