Versioned Archive and Review of Biotic Interactions and Taxon Names Found within globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi hash://md5/95bc47e24b6a9d7cac889add1a5b8c63 by Nomer, Elton and Preston, three naive review bots
[email protected] https://globalbioticinteractions.org/contribute https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi/issues 2025-12-10 Abstract Life on Earth is sustained by complex interactions between organisms and their environment. These biotic interactions can be captured in datasets and published digitally. We present a review and archiving process for such an openly accessible digital interactions dataset of known origin and discuss its outcome. The dataset under review, named globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi, has fingerprint hash://md5/95bc47e24b6a9d7cac889add1a5b8c63, is 1.17GiB in size and contains 2,251,394 interactions with 1 unique type of association (e.g., hasHost) between 87 primary taxa (e.g., Funneliformis mosseae) and 579 associated taxa (e.g., Zea mays). This report includes detailed summaries of interaction data, a taxonomic review from multiple catalogs, and an archived version of the dataset from which the reviews are derived. Contents Introduction 2 Data Review and Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Methods 2 Results 4 Files..................................... 4 ArchivedDataset.............................. 13 BioticInteractions ............................. 13 1
Interaction Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 TaxonomicAlignment ........................... 20 AdditionalReviews............................. 23 GloBIReviewBadge............................ 24 GloBIIndexBadge............................. 24 Discussion 24 Acknowledgements 25 Author contributions 25 References 25 Introduction Data Review and Archive Data review and archiving can be a time-consuming process, especially when done manually. This review report aims to help facilitate both activities. It automates the archiving of datasets, including Darwin Core archives, and is a citable backup of a version of the dataset. Additionally, an automatic review of species interaction claims made in the dataset is generated and registered with Global Biotic Interactions (J. H. Poelen, Simons, and Mungall 2014). This review includes summary statistics about, and observations about, the dataset under review : Geoffrey Zahn. (2025). gzahn/GlobalAMF_Database: Initial release (Version v1.0) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14812876 https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi/archive/2525cf1fa8a8a10e69edb09fe6ce77ee1f119bbf.zip 2025-12-10T00:15:22.957Z hash://md5/95bc47e24b6a9d7cac889add1a5b8c63 For additional metadata related to this dataset, please visit https://github.com /globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi and inspect associated metadata files including, but not limited to, README.md,eml.xml, and/or globi.json. Methods The review is performed through programmatic scripts that leverage tools like Preston (Elliott et al. 2025), Elton (Kuhn, Poelen, and Leinweber 2025), Nomer (Salim and Poelen 2025), globinizer (J. Poelen, Seltmann, and Mietchen 2024) combined with third-party tools like grep, mlr, tail and head. 2
Table 1: Tools used in this review process tool name version preston 0.11.1 elton 0.15.13 nomer 0.5.17 globinizer 0.4.0 mlr 6.0.0 jq 1.6 yq 4.25.3 pandoc 3.1.6.1 duckdb 1.3.1 The review process can be described in the form of the script below 1. # get versioned copy of the dataset (size approx. 1.17GiB) under review elton pull globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi # generate review notes elton review globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi\ > review.tsv # export indexed interaction records elton interactions globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi\ > interactions.tsv # export names and align them with the Catalogue of Life using Nomer elton names globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi\ | nomer append col\ > name-alignment.tsv or visually, in a process diagram. dataset origin Elton (a naive review bot) pull (1) indexed interactions generates (2) name alignments Nomer (a naive review bot) extract names (3) generates (5) name catalog uses (4) Figure 1: Review Process Overview 1Note that you have to first get the data (e.g., via elton pull globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi) before being able to generate reviews (e.g., elton review globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi), extract interaction claims (e.g., elton interactions globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi), or list taxonomic names (e.g., elton names globalbioticinteractions/globalamfungi) 3
You can find a copy of the full review script at check-data.sh. See also GitHub and Codeberg. Results In the following sections, the results of the review are summarized 2. Then, links to the detailed review reports are provided. Files The following files are produced in this review: filename description biblio.bib list of bibliographic reference of this review check-dataset.sh data review workflow/process as expressed in a bash script data.zip a versioned archive of the data under review HEAD the digital signature of the data under review index.docx review in MS Word format index.html review in HTML format index.md review in Pandoc markdown format index.pdf review in PDF format indexed-citations.csv.gz list of distinct reference citations for reviewed species interaction claims in gzipped comma-separated values file format indexed-citations.html.gz list of distinct reference citations for reviewed species interactions claims in gzipped html file format indexed-citations.tsv.gz list of distinct reference citations for reviewed species interaction claims in gzipped tab-separated values format indexed-interactions-col-family-colfamily.svg network diagram showing the taxon family to taxon family interaction claims in the dataset under review as interpreted by the Catalogue of Life via Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) 2Disclaimer: The results in this review should be considered friendly, yet naive, notes from an unsophisticated robot. Please keep that in mind when considering the review results. 4
filename description indexed-interactions-col-kingdom-colkingdom.svg network diagram showing the taxon kingdom to taxon kingom interaction claims in the dataset under review as interpreted by the Catalogue of Life via Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) indexed-interactions.csv.gz species interaction claims indexed from the dataset under review in gzipped comma-separated values format indexed-interactions.html.gz species interaction claims indexed from the dataset under review in gzipped html format indexed-interactions.tsv.gz species interaction claims indexed from the dataset under review in gzipped tab-separated values format indexed-interactions.parquet species interaction claims indexed from the dataset under review in Apache Parquet format indexed-interactions-sample.csv list of species interaction claims indexed from the dataset under review in gzipped comma-separated values format indexed-interactions-sample.html first 500 species interaction claims indexed from the dataset under review in html format indexed-interactions-sample.tsv first 500 species interaction claims indexed from the dataset under review in tab-separated values format indexed-names.csv.gz taxonomic names indexed from the dataset under review in gzipped comma-separated values format indexed-names.html.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review in gzipped html format indexed-names.tsv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review in gzipped tab-separated values format indexed-names.parquet taxonomic names found in the dataset under review in Apache Parquet format 5
filename description indexed-names-resolved-col.csv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with the Catalogue of Life as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped comma-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-col.html.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with the Catalogue of Life as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped html format indexed-names-resolved-col.tsv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with the Catalogue of Life as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped tab-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-col.parquet taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with the Catalogue of Life as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in Apache Parquet format indexed-names-resolveddiscoverlife.csv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Discover Life bee species checklist as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped comma-separated values format indexed-names-resolveddiscoverlife.html.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Discover Life bee species checklist as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped html format 6
filename description indexed-names-resolveddiscoverlife.tsv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Discover Life bee species checklist as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped tab-separated values format indexed-names-resolveddiscoverlife.parquet taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Discover Life bee species checklist as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in Apache Parquet format indexed-names-resolved-gbif.csv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with GBIF Backbone Taxonomy as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped comma-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-gbif.html.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with GBIF Backbone Taxonomy as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped html format indexed-names-resolved-gbif.tsv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with GBIF Backbone Taxonomy as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped tab-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-gbif.parquet taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with GBIF Backbone Taxonomy as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in Apache Parquet format 7
filename description indexed-names-resolved-itis.csv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped comma-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-itis.html.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped html format indexed-names-resolved-itis.tsv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped tab-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-itis.parquet taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in Apache Parquet format indexed-names-resolved-mdd.csv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with the Mammal Diversity Database as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped comma-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-mdd.html.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Mammal Diversity Database as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped html format 8
filename description indexed-names-resolved-mdd.tsv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Mammal Diversity Database as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped tab-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-mdd.parquet taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with Mammal Diversity Database as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in Apache Parquet format indexed-names-resolved-ncbi.csv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with the NCBI Taxonomy as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped comma-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-ncbi.html.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with the NCBI Taxonomy as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped html format indexed-names-resolved-ncbi.tsv.gz taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with the NCBI Taxonomy as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in gzipped tab-separated values format indexed-names-resolved-ncbi.parquet taxonomic names found in the dataset under review aligned with the NCBI Taxonomy as accessed through the Nomer Corpus of Taxonomic Resources (J. H. (ed. ). Poelen 2024) in Apache Parquet format 9
sourceTaxonName interactionTypeNametargetTaxonName referenceCitation Acaulospora brasiliensis hasHost Echinops sphaerocephalus Řezáčová, V., Řezáč, M., Gryndler, M., Hršelová, H., Gryndlerová, H. and Michalová, T., 2021. Plant invasion alters community structure and decreases diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. Table 4: Most Frequently Mentioned Interaction Types (up to 20 most frequent) interactionTypeName count hasHost 2251394 Table 5: Most Frequently Mentioned Primary Taxa (up to 20 most frequent) sourceTaxonName count Funneliformis mosseae 496324 Entrophospora lamellosa 269038 Rhizophagus irregularis 238278 Rhizophagus intraradices 183074 Diversispora aurantia 170805 Funneliformis caledonius 141749 Racocetra castanea 109962 Acaulospora koskei 86844 Gigaspora decipiens 84694 Rhizophagus manihotis 51874 Sacculospora felinovii 37065 Rhizophagus clarus 36694 Rhizophagus prolifer 32710 16
sourceTaxonName count Septoglomus viscosum 29022 Paraglomus occultum 27979 Microkamienskia perpusilla 24234 Sclerocystis sinuosa 23700 Diversispora epigaea 22758 Cetraspora gilmorei 18749 Table 6: Most Frequently Mentioned Associate Taxa (up to 20 most frequent) targetTaxonName count Zea mays 216462 Triticum aestivum 189145 Glycine max 139103 Theobroma cacao 108959 Bromus tectorum 103585 Daucus carota 97607 Tanacetum vulgare 92401 Medicago sativa 85975 Pancratium maritimum 73891 Artemisia tridentata 69111 Arrhenatherum elatius 66261 Capsicum annuum 58374 Eragostis tef 56530 Solidago canadensis 55929 Hordeum vulgare 38819 Citrus sinensis 37595 Achillea millefolium 37371 Plantago lanceolata 35204 Asclepias speciosa 33977 Table 7: Most Frequent Interactions between Primary and Associate Taxa (up to 20 most frequent) sourceTaxonName interactionTypeName targetTaxonName count Funneliformis mosseae hasHost Zea mays 112139 Funneliformis mosseae hasHost Bromus tectorum 93116 Entrophospora lamellosa hasHost Triticum aestivum 90669 Funneliformis mosseae hasHost Glycine max 89271 Funneliformis caledonius hasHost Triticum aestivum 82983 17
sourceTaxonName interactionTypeName targetTaxonName count Rhizophagus irregularis hasHost Artemisia tridentata 57418 Diversispora aurantia hasHost Daucus carota 56661 Funneliformis mosseae hasHost Medicago sativa 54856 Racocetra castanea hasHost Theobroma cacao 54743 Diversispora aurantia hasHost Tanacetum vulgare 50379 Gigaspora decipiens hasHost Theobroma cacao 40371 Funneliformis mosseae hasHost Capsicum annuum 39572 Sacculospora felinovii hasHost Pancratium maritimum 37062 Rhizophagus intraradices hasHost Hyparrhenia hirta 30970 Funneliformis mosseae hasHost Citrus sinensis 29180 Diversispora aurantia hasHost Solidago canadensis 26535 Rhizophagus intraradices hasHost Asclepias speciosa 26512 Acaulospora koskei hasHost Arrhenatherum elatius 25552 Rhizophagus clarus hasHost Zea mays 25008 Interaction Networks The figures below provide a graph view on the dataset under review. The first shows a summary network on the kingdom level, and the second shows how interactions on the family level. It is important to note that both network graphs were first aligned taxonomically using the Catalogue of Life. Please refer to the original (or verbatim) taxonomic names for a more original view on the interaction data. FungiPlantae Figure 3: Interactions on taxonomic kingdom rank as interpreted by the Catalogue of Life download svg You can download the indexed dataset under review at indexed-interactions.c sv.gz. A tab-separated file can be found at indexed-interactions.tsv.gz Learn more about the structure of this download at GloBI website, by opening a GitHub issue, or by sending an email. Another way to discover the dataset under review is by searching for it on the GloBI website. 18
Acaulosporaceae Amaryllidaceae Apiaceae Asteraceae Caprifoliaceae Fabaceae Geraniaceae Poaceae Solanaceae Vitaceae Ambisporaceae Anacardiaceae Brassicaceae Cannabaceae Caryophyllaceae Cupressaceae Cyperaceae Euphorbiaceae Fagaceae Gentianaceae Gleicheniaceae Hamamelidaceae Hypericaceae Lauraceae Melanthiaceae Melastomataceae Myricaceae Myrtaceae Nephrolepidaceae Ophioglossaceae Pentaphylacaceae Pinaceae Plantaginaceae Ranunculaceae Rosaceae Rubiaceae Rutaceae Sapindaceae Selaginellaceae Theaceae Zygophyllaceae Archaeosporaceae Apocynaceae Araliaceae Arecaceae Campanulaceae Cucurbitaceae Heliotropiaceae Lamiaceae Primulaceae Salicaceae Saxifragaceae Diversisporaceae Aizoaceae Amaranthaceae Araceae Asparagaceae Berberidaceae Betulaceae Burseraceae Celastraceae Cistaceae Combretaceae Cornaceae Iteaceae Malvaceae Moraceae Polypodiaceae Sapotaceae Simaroubaceae Thymelaeaceae Entrophosporaceae Annonaceae Asphodelaceae Boraginaceae Calycanthaceae Comandraceae Commelinaceae Convolvulaceae Daphniphyllaceae Hydrophyllaceae Iridaceae Juglandaceae Juncaceae Liliaceae Oxalidaceae Polygonaceae Portulacaceae Proteaceae Rehmanniaceae Rhamnaceae Styracaceae Tamaricaceae Tectariaceae Urticaceae Verbenaceae Violaceae Gigasporaceae Aquifoliaceae Begoniaceae Casuarinaceae Clusiaceae Erythropalaceae Goodeniaceae Meliaceae Montiniaceae Myristicaceae Oleaceae Podocarpaceae Glomeraceae Ericaceae Polygalaceae Ulmaceae Zingiberaceae Pacisporaceae Paraglomeraceae Pervetustaceae Figure 4: Interactions on the taxonomic family rank as interpreted by the Catalogue of Life. download svg 19
Taxonomic Alignment As part of the review, all names are aligned against various name catalogs (e.g., col, ncbi, discoverlife, gbif, itis, wfo, mdd, tpt, pbdb, and worms). These alignments can help review name usage or aid in selecting of a suitable taxonomic name resource. Table 8: Sample of Name Alignments providedName relationName resolvedCatalogName resolvedName Abies lasiocarpa HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME col Abies lasiocarpa Abies lasiocarpa SYNONYM_OF col Abies grandis Acacia koa HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME col Acacia koa Acacia nigrescens SYNONYM_OF col Senegalia nigrescens Table 9: Distribution of Taxonomic Ranks of Aligned Names by Catalog. Names that were not aligned with a catalog are counted as NAs. So, the total number of unaligned names for a catalog will be listed in their NA row. resolvedCatalogName resolvedRank count col NA 46 col family 1 col genus 29 col species 579 col subspecies 18 col variety 7 discoverlife NA 663 gbif NA 37 gbif family 1 gbif genus 29 gbif species 587 gbif subspecies 26 gbif variety 10 itis NA 284 itis family 1 itis genus 29 itis species 346 itis subspecies 1 itis variety 6 mdd NA 663 ncbi NA 58 ncbi family 1 ncbi genus 29 20
resolvedCatalogName resolvedRank count ncbi species 570 ncbi subfamily 1 ncbi subspecies 3 ncbi varietas 1 pbdb NA 636 pbdb family 1 pbdb genus 13 pbdb species 12 pbdb unranked clade 1 tpt NA 663 wfo NA 121 wfo family 1 wfo genus 29 wfo species 509 wfo subspecies 8 wfo variety 1 worms NA 509 worms family 1 worms genus 15 worms species 137 worms subspecies 1 worms variety 2 Table 10: Name relationship types per catalog. Name relationship type “NONE” means that a name was not recognized by the associated catalog. “SAME_AS” indicates either a “HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME” or “SYNONYM_OF” name relationship type. We recognize that “SYNONYM_OF” encompasses many types of nomenclatural synonymies (ICZN 1999) (e.g., junior synonym, senior synonyms). resolvedCatalogName relationName count col HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 559 col SYNONYM_OF 204 col NONE 46 discoverlife NONE 670 gbif HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 736 gbif SYNONYM_OF 362 gbif NONE 37 itis HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 338 itis NONE 288 itis SYNONYM_OF 70 21
resolvedCatalogName relationName count mdd NONE 670 ncbi SAME_AS 566 ncbi SYNONYM_OF 50 ncbi NONE 58 pbdb NONE 641 pbdb HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 28 pbdb SYNONYM_OF 1 tpt NONE 670 wfo SYNONYM_OF 135 wfo HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 494 wfo NONE 125 wfo HAS_UNCHECKED_NAME 44 worms NONE 513 worms HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 167 worms SYNONYM_OF 45 Table 11: List of Available Name Alignment Reports catalog name alignment results col associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) ncbi associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) discoverlife associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) gbif associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) itis associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) wfo associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) mdd associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) tpt associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) pbdb associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) worms associated names alignments report in gzipped html, csv, and tsv) 22
Additional Reviews Elton, Nomer, and other tools may have difficulties interpreting existing species interaction datasets. Or, they may misbehave, or otherwise show unexpected behavior. As part of the review process, detailed review notes are kept that document possibly misbehaving, or confused, review bots. An sample of review notes associated with this review can be found below. Table 12: First few lines in the review notes. reviewDate reviewCommentType reviewComment 2025-12-10T00:32:24Z note found [6] columns, but only [5] columns are defined: ignoring remaining undefined columns. 2025-12-10T00:32:24Z note found [6] columns, but only [5] columns are defined: ignoring remaining undefined columns. 2025-12-10T00:32:24Z note found [6] columns, but only [5] columns are defined: ignoring remaining undefined columns. 2025-12-10T00:32:24Z note found [6] columns, but only [5] columns are defined: ignoring remaining undefined columns. In addition, you can find the most frequently occurring notes in the table below. Table 13: Most frequently occurring review notes, if any. reviewComment count found malformed doi [Applied Soil Ecology] 517899 target taxon name missing 235234 found malformed doi [Plant and Soil] 234475 found malformed doi [Symbiosis] 208411 For additional information on review notes, please have a look at the first 500 Review Notes in html format or the download full gzipped csv or tsv archives. 23
GloBI Review Badge As part of the review, a review badge is generated. This review badge can be included in webpages to indicate the review status of the dataset under review. review review 01F 4AC 01F 4AC Figure 5: Picture of a GloBI Review Badge 3 Note that if the badge is green, no review notes were generated. If the badge is yellow, the review bots may need some help with interpreting the species interaction data. GloBI Index Badge If the dataset under review has been registered with GloBI, and has been succesfully indexed by GloBI, the GloBI Index Status Badge will turn green. This means that the dataset under review was indexed by GloBI and is available through GloBI services and derived data products. GloBI GloBI ✖ ✖ Figure 6: Picture of a GloBI Index Badge 4 If you’d like to keep track of reviews or index status of the dataset under review, please visit GloBI’s dataset index 5for badge examples. Discussion This review and archive provides a means of creating citable versions of datasets that change frequently. This may be useful for dataset managers, including natural history collection data managers, as a backup archive of a shared Darwin Core archive. It also serves as a means of creating a trackable citation for the dataset in an automated way, while also including some information about the contents of the dataset. This review aims to provide a perspective on the dataset to aid in understanding of species interaction claims discovered. However, it is important to note that this review does not assess the quality of the dataset. Instead, it serves as an 3Up-to-date status of the GloBI Review Badge can be retrieved from the GloBI Review Depot 4Up-to-date status of the GloBI Index Badge can be retrieved from GloBI’s API 5At time of writing (2025-12-10) the version of the GloBI dataset index was available at https://globalbioticinteractions.org/datasets 24
indication of the open-ness6and FAIRness (Wilkinson et al. 2016; Trekels et al. 2023) of the dataset: to perform this review, the data was likely openly available, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. The current Open-FAIR assessment is qualitative, and a more quantitative approach can be implemented with specified measurement units. This report also showcases the reuse of machine-actionable (meta)data, something highly recommended by the FAIR Data Principles (Wilkinson et al. 2016). Making (meta)data machine-actionable enables more precise procesing by computers, enabling even naive review bots like Nomer and Elton to interpret the data effectively. This capability is crucial for not just automating the generation of reports, but also for facilitating seamless data exchanges, promoting interoperability. Acknowledgements We thank the many humans that created us and those who created and maintained the data, software and other intellectual resources that were used for producing this review. In addition, we are grateful for the natural resources providing the basis for these human and bot activities. Also, thanks to https://github.com/zygoballus for helping improve the layout of the review tables. Author contributions Nomer was responsible for name alignments. Elton carried out dataset extraction, and generated the review notes. Preston tracked, versioned, and packaged, the dataset under review. References Elliott, Michael, Jorrit Poelen, Icaro Alzuru, Emilio Berti, and partha04patel. 2025. “Bio-Guoda/Preston: 0.10.5.” Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zeno do.14662206. ICZN. 1999. “International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.” The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, UK. https://www.iczn.o rg/the-code/the-code-online/. Kuhn, Tobias, and Michel Dumontier. 2014. “Trusty URIs: Verifiable, Immutable, and Permanent Digital Artifacts for Linked Data.” In The Semantic Web: Trends and Challenges, edited by Valentina Presutti, Claudia d’Amato, Fabien Gandon, Mathieu d’Aquin, Steffen Staab, and Anna Tordai, 395–410. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 6According to http://opendefinition.org/: “Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.” 25