Can I import my own taxon dictionary into the database?
Yes. Specify has an import function for taxonomic data that are formatted in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System’s Taxonomic Workbench database schema (tables). Specify stores names and classification relationships in a taxonomic dictionary which can be used as an index and source of available names for your collection. You can add new taxonomic names and classification relationships to Specify at any time, but not all names in a Specify database need be represented by specimens in the collection catalog. New taxonomic names may be brought into the Specify taxon table through batch importation in an ITIS Taxonomic Workbench format file, or they may be entered one at a time through the taxon data entry form. For existing databases that we convert to Specify, we generate a taxonomic dictionary from your current determination data. Specify allows you to build the classification that is appropriate for your collection, using the names you prefer. Specify does not currently support
