Background#R##N#A hierarchical taxonomy of organisms is a prerequisite for semantic integration of biodiversity data. Ideally, there would be a single, expansive, authoritative taxonomy that includes extinct and extant taxa, information on synonyms and common names, and monophyletic supraspecific taxa that reflect our current understanding of phylogenetic relationships.
['Peter E. Midford', 'Thomas Dececchi', 'James P. Balhoff', 'Wasila M. Dahdul', 'Nizar Ibrahim', 'Hilmar Lapp', 'John G. Lundberg', 'Paula M. Mabee', 'Paul C. Sereno', 'Monte Westerfield', 'Todd J. Vision', 'David C. Blackburn']
The vertebrate taxonomy ontology: a framework for reasoning across model organism and species phenotypes