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Catalogue of Life

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Catalogue of Life

Summary

Catalogue of Life is a biological database[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Catalogue of Life is in the country of Denmark[3].
  • Catalogue of Life's instance of is recorded as biological database[4].
  • Catalogue of Life's instance of is recorded as website[5].
  • Catalogue of Life's instance of is recorded as online database[6].
  • Catalogue of Life is operated by Global Biodiversity Information Facility[7].
  • Catalogue of Life's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Catalogue of Life was published on June 2001[9].
  • Catalogue of Life's has edition or translation is recorded as Catalogue of Life April 2021[10].
  • Catalogue of Life's has edition or translation is recorded as Catalogue of Life June 2021[11].
  • Catalogue of Life's official website is recorded as http://www.catalogueoflife.org/[12].
  • Catalogue of Life's readable file format is recorded as Darwin Core Archive[13].
  • Catalogue of Life's readable file format is recorded as Annual Checklist Exchange Format[14].
  • Catalogue of Life's readable file format is recorded as Catalogue of Life Data Package[15].
  • Catalogue of Life's readable file format is recorded as TextTree[16].
  • Catalogue of Life's writable file format is recorded as Darwin Core Archive[17].
  • Catalogue of Life's writable file format is recorded as Annual Checklist Exchange Format[18].
  • Catalogue of Life's writable file format is recorded as Catalogue of Life Data Package[19].
  • Catalogue of Life's writable file format is recorded as TextTree[20].
  • Catalogue of Life's topic has template is recorded as Template:Catalogue of Life[21].
  • Catalogue of Life's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+198503'}[22].
  • Catalogue of Life's main Wikidata property is recorded as P10585[23].
  • Catalogue of Life's format as a regular expression is recorded as urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:.*[24].

Body

Geography

Catalogue of Life is in the country of Denmark[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include biological database[4], website[5], and online database[6].

Why It Matters

Catalogue of Life has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Denmark website

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved . catalogueoflife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved . catalogueoflife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved . catalogueoflife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved . catalogueoflife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved . catalogueoflife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved . catalogueoflife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved . catalogueoflife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved . catalogueoflife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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