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# S4BioDiv 2013
Semantics for Biodiversity

### Proceedings of the first international Workshop on Semantics for Biodiversity

### Montpellier, France, May 27, 2013.

Edited by

### Pierre Larmande *
Elizabeth Arnaud **
Isabelle Mougenot ***
Clement Jonquet ****
Therese Libourel ***
Manuel Ruiz *****

* IRD - UMR DIADE, France
** Bioversity International
*** Université Montpellier II - UMR Espace DEV, France
**** Université Montpellier II - LIRMM, France
***** CIRAD - UMR AGAP, France

## Table of Contents

- A Logical Model for Taxonomic Concepts for Expanding Knowledge using Linked Open Data
  Rathachai Chawuthai, Hideaki Takeda, Vilas Wuwongse, Utsugi Jinbo
- Publishing and Using Plant Names as an Ontology Service
  Jouni Tuominen, Nina Laurenne, Eero Hyvonen
- A Faceted Search System for Facilitating Discovery-driven Scientific Activities: A Use Case from Functional Ecology
  Marie-Angélique Laporte, Eric Garnier, Isabelle Mougenot
- Crop Ontology: Vocabulary for Crop-related Concepts
  Matteis Luca, Pierre-Yves Chibon, Herlin Espinosa, Milko Skofic, Richard Finkers, Richard Bruskiewich, Glenn Hyman, Elizabeth Arnaud
- A Case-Study of Ontology-Driven Semantic Mediation of Flower-Visiting Data from Heterogeneous Data-Stores in Three South African Natural History Collections
  Willem Coetzer, Deshendran Moodley, Aurona Gerber
- Flexible Scientific Data Management for Plant Phenomics Research
  Peter Ansell, Robert Furbank, Kutila Gunasekera, Jianming Guo, David Benn, Gareth Williams, Xavier Sirault
- Lightweight Ontology-Based Tools for Managing Observational Data
  Shawn Bowers, Riley Englin, Carlos Fonseca, Paul Jewell, Lauren Joplin, Patrick Mosca, Tyler Pacheco, Jacob Troxel, Tyler Weeks
- BirdWatch--Supporting Citizen Scientists for Better Linked Data Quality for Biodiversity Management
  Eero Hyvonen, Miika Alonen, Mikko Koho, Jouni Tuominen
- iPlant SSWAP (Simple Semantic Web Architecture and Protocol) Enables Semantic Pipelines for Biodiversity
  Damian Gessler, Blazej Bulka, Evren Sirin, Hans Vasquez-Gross, John Yu, Jill Wegrzyn
- A Knowledge Base for Exploited Marine Ecosystems
  Barde Julien, Pascal Cauquil, Billet Norbert
- Detecting Semantic Overlap and Discovering Precedents in the Biodiversity Research Literature
  Graeme Hirst, Nadia Talent, Sara Scharf

30-Apr-2013: submitted by Manuel Ruiz
01-May-2013: published on CEUR-WS.org