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Availability: Unrestricted The data are freely available to anybody and may be used for any purpose. Usage acknowledgement may be required Description NODC released the final version (#8) of the NODC Taxonomic Code on CD-ROM. This CD-ROM, now out of date, provided the old NODC codes along with their new ITIS Taxonomic Serial Numbers to facilitate the transition to ITIS more The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) version 8.0 release of the NODC Taxonomic Code, contains approximately 244,000 records. The NODC Taxonomic Code is the largest, most flexible, and widely used of the various coding schemes developed over the past two decades to adapt the Linnean system of biological nomenclature to modern methods of data storage and retrieval. Up to now the NODC Taxonomic Code was based on a system of code numbers that reflected taxonomic relationships. Over the years the problems and shortcomings created by this approach have become more apparent. At the same time, relational database management systems have been developed that enable efficient searches and retrievals to be conducted without the need for taxonomic information to be built into the codes. Therefore, Version 8.0 of the NODC Taxonomic Code is a transition product that includes both the original types of codes as well as codes for a new system that will overcome past problems and provide greater capabilities. Scope Themes: Biology Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Fresh water, Brackish water, Terrestrial, Taxonomy, World Waters, Animalia, Fungi, Plantae, Protozoa Geographical coverage World Waters [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage 1972 - 1996 Contributors National Oceanographic Data Centre, more, data creator URL Dataset information: Dataset status: Completed Data type: Data Data origin: Data collection Metadatarecord created: 2006-01-20 Information last updated: 2013-10-29 | ||||
