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Identification resource file formats
name url features notes
Structured Descriptive Data (SDD) https://github.com/tdwg/sdd No clear documentation, especially how to use it for identification keys
LIF3 https://help.lucidcentral.org/lucid/lif3-lucid-interchange-format-version-3-files/ No notable official documentation at all, used mainly (only?) by expensive application
NBIC's identification key widget data model https://github.com/Artsdatabanken/identification_key/blob/master/Data%20format%20(en).md Matrix/dichotomous keys, subsets, morphs, multiple levels Standardised but usage is specific to Norway (and Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre even)
Artfakta artnycklar JSON format https://artfakta.se/artbestamning/artnycklar Matrix/dichotomous keys, ??? Ostensibly only used internally
Soortzoekers JSON format https://determineren.nederlandsesoorten.nl/ Matrix keys, morphs/subets (?), multiple levels Ostensibly only used internally
DELTA https://www.delta-intkey.com/www/standard.htm Matrix/dichotomous keys, no media Not entirely semantic but functional
NEXUS
DKey XML https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.735.21412
Linnaeus II https://web.archive.org/web/20130831120342/http://www.eti.uva.nl:80/products/linnaeus.php
Linnaeus NG https://linnaeus.naturalis.nl/
3i https://web.archive.org/web/20120716114718/http://ctap.inhs.uiuc.edu/dmitriev/3i.asp
DiversityDescriptions https://diversityworkbench.net/Portal/DiversityDescriptions
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