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NODC Standard Product: NODC Taxonomic Code on CD-ROM (NCEI Accession 0050418)

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The content of the NODC Taxonomic Code, Version 8 CD-ROM (CD-ROM NODC-68) distributed by NODC is archived in this accession. Version 7 of the NODC Taxonomic Code (CD-ROM NODC-35), which does not include Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Numbers (TSNs), is also archived in this NODC accession.

Prior to 1996, the NODC Taxonomic Code was the largest, most flexible, and widely used of the various coding schemes which adapted the Linnean system of biological nomenclature to modern methods of data storage and retrieval. It was based on a system of code numbers that reflected taxonomic relationships. Hundreds of historic data collections archived at NODC use the NODC Taxonomic Code to encode species identification.

With the development and release of ITIS in 1996, NODC published the final version (Version 8) of the NODC Taxonomic Code on CD-ROM. This CD-ROM, provides NODC taxonomic codes along with the equivalent ITIS Taxonomic Serial Numbers to facilitate the transition to a new Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS, http://www.itis.gov/). With the publication of NODC Taxonomic Code Version 8, the NODC code was frozen and discontinued. ITIS assumed responsibility for assigning new TSN codes and for verifying accepted scientific names and synonyms.

More information about the Integrated Taxonomic Information System is available at http://www.itis.gov.

Copies of this disc are no longer available via the NODC Online Store.
  • Cite as: US National Oceanographic Data Center (2021). NODC Standard Product: NODC Taxonomic Code on CD-ROM (NCEI Accession 0050418). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0050418. Accessed [date].
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Distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Time Period 1996-05-01 to 1996-05-01
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General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
    • ITIS
      Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2021-10-15
Data Presentation Form Digital document - digital representation of a primarily textual item (can contain illustrations also)
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Additional information about the NODC Taxonomic Code CD-ROMs is available online at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/CDR-detdesc/taxonomic-v8.html.
Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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  • Cite as: US National Oceanographic Data Center (2021). NODC Standard Product: NODC Taxonomic Code on CD-ROM (NCEI Accession 0050418). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0050418. Accessed [date].
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  • Cite as: US National Oceanographic Data Center (2021). NODC Standard Product: NODC Taxonomic Code on CD-ROM (NCEI Accession 0050418). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0050418. Accessed [date].
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  • 2021-10-15T02:35:24Z - NCEI Accession 0050418 v1.1 was published.
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