Template:Taxasource/doc

Description

 * This template takes a web site short name as parameter and returns a link to this web site.
 * The websites managed by this template should be limited to well known sites for species classification.
 * The purpose is to centralize those links here, to simplify future maintenance and to limit url duplication.

Samples



 * will generate

Syntax



 * Parameters
 * WebSiteShortName
 * The web site Short Name.
 * Nuvola apps important.svg If the short name is not recognized, this template returns the text passed as parameter.
 * To construct this list you can look at Category:External link templates.
 * Predefined WebSiteShortName:
 * adw for a link to ADW
 * catalogueoflife for a link to Catalogue of Life
 * en for a link to the article in en.wikipedia.org (which is often used as source in Commons)
 * fishbase for a link to FishBase
 * fishbase & itis for a link to FishBase & ITIS
 * iucn for a link to IUCN
 * itis for a link to ITIS
 * itis & msw for a link to ITIS & Mammal Species of the World
 * kew for a link to Royal Botanical Gardens, KEW
 * msw for a link to Mammal Species of the World
 * ncbi for a link to NCBI
 * species for a link to the article in wikispecies (which is sometimes used as source in Commons)
 * tolweb for a link to Tolweb.org
 * tpdb for a link to TPDB
 * worms for a link to WoRMS