Our Web Disseminating Biosystematic Information on the World Wide Web Biosystematic Information Information about life, the totality of living things of past and today, is organized and indexed by scientific names. These scientific names form a classification and provide unique identifiers for the components of the classification. BioSystematic Information is used as all encompassing term for information about scientific names, classifications, and the living things they apply to.
Biosystematic information is critical for today's world.
Every major concern, such as global warming, food supply, environmental quality, etc., has a biological component that is dependent in part on biosystematic information. Hence, biosystematic information can be obtained with a name. Names are obtained by identification of specimens, and identifications are made by matching attributes of unknown with known organisms. While everyone makes some identifications, for diverse and little known organisms, such as insects, identifications are made by systematists. Specimens and their associated literature form collections.