Taxonomy and Distribution in Big Data Use Cases from BISON and ITIS

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (www.itis.gov) is a systematically curated, standardized, machine readable taxonomy with a standard global hierarchy and classification of all organisms. ITIS is included within thousands of other databases and websites worldwide. Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (bison.usgs.gov) is the premier resource for biological occurrence data in the United States and the primary application and hub...