Template:Taxonbar/doc

Inspired by Wikidata:Wikidata:WikiProject Taxonomy and {{Authority Control}}. If you can optimize the code or improve the template please contribute.

Please discuss ideas/thoughts for improvement or use on Template:Taxonbar/talk

Basic usage

This template can be used to add a bar of identifiers and links to other taxonomic databases where information regarding a particular taxon can be found. Much of the information is stored on the Wikidata entry for the taxon.

Often there is nothing to configure. Simply add this to the bottom of the taxon article:

{{Taxonbar}}

On Sequoiadendron giganteum, the result is:

Position

See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout

As a metadata template, the Taxonbar template should be placed after the external links section and navigation templates, right before the Authority control template.

Basic use samples

Blue jay, Agaricus bisporus, Quercus alba, Rudbeckia hirta, Chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla

Wikidata taxon identifiers

The template can automatically get its information from the following properties on Wikidata:

Parameter	Database	Property ID
bacdive	BacDive	P2946
bhl	BHL	p687
biolib	BioLib	p838
eol	EoL	p830
gbif	GBIF	p846
plantlist	Plant List	p1070
tropicos	Tropicos	p960
itis	ITIS	p815
iucn	IUCN	p627
ncbi	NCBI	p685
grin	GRIN	p1421
fossilworks	Fossilworks	p842
worms	WoRMS	p850
fishbase	FishBase	p938
msw	MSW	p959
ipni	IPNI author	p586
ipni	IPNI	p961
mycobank	MycoBank	p962
algaebase	AlgaeBase	P1348
indexfungorum	Index Fungorum	p1391
fna	FNA	p1727
foc	FOC	p1747
zoobank	ZooBank	p1746
watson	Watson & Dallwitz	p1761
plants	PLANTS	p1772
grassbase	GrassBase	p1832
faunaeuropaea	Fauna Europaea	p1895
conifers	Conifers.org	p1940
lpsn	LPSN	p1991
plazi	Plazi	p1992
avibase	Avibase	p2026
afpd	AFPD	p2036
species	Species+	p2040
xeno-canto	Xeno-canto	p2426
panartic	Panarctic Flora	p2434

To remove a Wikidata taxon identifier (optional)

The identifiers listed in the table above can be removed from the bar by setting the corresponding parameter to no. This is useful when trying to keep the taxonbar on one line. Spaces are optional. There is no sense in removing too many identifiers, for example: removing plant or fungi identifiers from an animal taxon would have no effect as these parameters will not show up on an animal taxon in the first place. It is best to preview {{Taxonbar}} on the page and decide what entries provide little relevant data. Plant species will have the most entries and are most likely in need of some entries being removed if the goal is to keep the bar on one line.

Example: To remove FOC, IPNI, and AFPD, the code would look like:

{{taxonbar | foc = no | ipni = no| afpd = no }}

On Sequoiadendron giganteum, the result is:

Taxon identifiers not in Wikidata

Some taxon identifiers not at present in Wikidata can be added via extra parameters.

Example:

{{taxonbar | wcsp = 280381}}

On Lilium, the result is:

where the taxon identifier in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families has been added to those picked up from Wikidata.

Database	Parameter name	Parameter value
eMonocot taxon	emonocot	Number following urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon: in the URL of the taxon page
eMonocot family	emonocotfamily	Number following urn:kew.org:wcs:family: in the URL of the taxon page
uBio	ubio or namebank	to be completed
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families	wcsp	Value of name_id from the URL of the taxon page
World Spider Catalog species	wsc species or wsc-sp	Number following urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp: of the LSID on the taxon page – not the number in the URL
World Spider Catalog genus	wsc genus or wsc-gen	Number following urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen: on the taxon page – not the number in the URL
World Spider Catalog family	wsc family or wsc-fam	Number following urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam: on the taxon page – not the number in the URL

Template editing—to-do list

• Add parameters to remove individual identifiers from taxonbar. This could help the box from becoming two lines when one line is desired.
• Pull the formatter URLs from Wikidata.
• Add ability to add identifiers not listed on Wikidata.
• Add support for from= to show taxonbox as an example on pages without data, such as template documentation and userpages.
• Hide taxonbar if empty.
• Add support for other parameters.
  • See {{Taxonbar/testcases}}.
    • Add support for entering missing data with listed parameters above. Add documentation.
    • Add support for wcsp= Add documentation.
    • Add support for namebank= aka uBio Add documentation.
    • Add support for emonocot= Add documentation.
    • Add support for others=?
    • Add support forgrinurl= Add documentation that a URL must be entered for GRIN rather than ID.
• Change "taxon identifiers" link to the Wikidata entry link.
• Add tracking for entries not on Wikidata. Suggest differences be resolved.

See also

• {{EOL}}
• {{Taxon}}
• {{TaxonIds}}
• {{ThePlantList}}
• {{Authority control}}
• {{Automatic taxobox}}
• Other templates in Category:Biology external link templates
• Other templates in Category:Flora external link templates