Achievements in the ICB programme in 2014

Activities

A modernized digital nomenclature is at the nexus of accelerating taxonomy. We held an ICB-linked, invited workshop of key players to outline how we can exploit the opportunity created by nomenclatural registration, mass digitization, rapid and accessible publication, and data generation in e-taxonomy, to allow a step-change increase in the rate delivery of biodiversity information, catalyzing new research and exposing emergent patterns from complex information. Fifteen participants representing major taxonomic projects met in London and are drafting a white paper document, to be followed by professional taxonomic community participation in a follow-up meeting in 2015.