Descriptive Data in the EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy

This paper describes the integration of structured descriptive data in the EDIT platform for Cybertaxonomy. The platform is composed of several software modules supporting the taxonomic workflow from data capture and storage to publication. Descriptive data play an important role within the taxonomic work process. The integration of these data via import/export modules to and from the platform and the publication as natural language output or as keys are explained