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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:13:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New ITIS Database File Formats</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>30 April 2013 10:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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    In response to user requests, we are now providing ITIS database download files in PostgreSql
    and SQLite database formats. See the &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/whatsnew.html"&gt;What's New&lt;/a&gt;
    page for more details. The new database download files are available at
    &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>30 April 2013 10:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
    New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 3,674 scientific names are new or edited
    in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS to
    617,089. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>26 March 2013 12:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
    New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 2,980 scientific names are new or edited
    in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS to
    613,817. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
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      <title>ITIS Webmaster Email Address Functional</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/comments.html</link>
      <pubDate>14 March 2013 12:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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      <description>
    The ITIS Webmaster email address at &lt;a href="mailto:itiswebmaster@itis.gov"&gt;itiswebmaster@itis.gov&lt;/a&gt;,
    is once again active and available for contacting the ITIS Team. Use this email for questions and concerns
    about the ITIS web site and data. Thanks for your patience while we resolved this troublesome issue.
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>06 March 2013 12:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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      <description>
    New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 1160 scientific names are new or edited
    in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS to
    610,229. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
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      <title>ITIS Web Service Now Includes JSON</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/web_service.html</link>
      <pubDate>20 February 2013 12:30:00 MST</pubDate>
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      <description>
    The ITIS Web Services have again been updated with bug fixes and some changes to the service. Chief among these are:
    A bug that prevented the service from returning a TSN with the results of Search for Scientific Name has been fixed.
    The ITIS services now include the Author name anywhere a Scientific Name is returned.
    The JSON output service has been enhanced to support JSON-P calls as well.
    Check the &lt;a href="/whatsnew.html#jsonp_svc" target="_blank"&gt;What's new page&lt;/a&gt; for details
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>31 January 2013 12:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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      <description>
    New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 1160 scientific names are new or edited
    in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS to
    609,361. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>New ITIS Database Columns</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>31 January 2013 12:00:00 MST</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.itis.gov/downloads#Jan-31-2013--new-database-columns</guid>
      <description>
    With this data load, we are adding new columns to the ITIS database. These are columns we have been using in ITIS programming and we feel they are useful enough to release to the ITIS users as well. For details, see the &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/whatsnew.html#db_chg"&gt;What's New page&lt;/a&gt;. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
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      <title>Email Issues</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov</link>
      <pubDate>14 January 2013 12:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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      <description>
    We are currently experiencing issues with our ITIS Webmaster email address. Until those issues are resolved, we've created
    another email address so you can continue to contact us.
    Please address emails to &lt;a href="mailto:itisgate@si.edu"&gt;itisgate@si.edu&lt;/a&gt; to ensure your email reaches the ITIS staff.
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>27 December 2012 10:00:00 MST</pubDate>
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      <description>
    New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 2,248 scientific names are new or edited
    in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS to
    609,361. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>ITIS Web Service Now Includes JSON</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/web_service.html</link>
      <pubDate>13 December 2012 12:30:00 MST</pubDate>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.itis.gov/web_service.html#Dec-13-2012--web-service-update</guid>
      <description>
    The ITIS Web Services have been updated with several bug fixes and some changes to the service. Chief among these are:
    The ITIS Scientific Name services now include the Author name.
    All Hierarchy services now include Rank names.
    A JSON output service has been added.
    Check the &lt;a href="/whatsnew.html#json_svc" target="_blank"&gt;What's new page&lt;/a&gt; for details
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>30 November 2012 12:00:00 MST MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
    New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 899 scientific names are new or edited
    in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS to
    608189. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>26 October 2012 12:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
    New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 1739 scientific names are new or edited
    in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS to
    607922. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>29 September 2012 12:00:00 MDT MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
    New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 985 scientific names are new or edited
    in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS to
    607,608. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>ITIS Download File Format</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/download_format.html</link>
      <pubDate>24 Sep 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	Because it's one of our most frequently asked questions, we have documented the format of the file
	you receive when using the &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/customdownload.html"&gt;Customized Download&lt;/a&gt;
	tool and the &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/download.html"&gt;Specific Taxonomic Group Download&lt;/a&gt;
	tool. The format can be found on the new  &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/download_format.html"&gt;
	Download File Format&lt;/a&gt; page.
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      <title>ITIS Hierarchy DB TableStructure Changed</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/whatsnew.html#hierarchy</link>
      <pubDate>14 Sep Aug 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	If you've been using our database downloads from the
	&lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;downloads page&lt;/a&gt;, you'll be interested to know
	the structure of the ITIS Hierarchy table has changed.
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      <title>ITIS Data Files Updated</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>14 Sep 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	Since we found an error in the ITIS database schema in some of our new data download files,
	we've loaded an update to those files. Both itisMySQLTables.tar.gz and itisMSSql.zip were recreated
	today to include corrected DB creation scripts. None of the other data files were affected. All the
	database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>ITIS RSS Feed Available</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/whatsnew.html#rssfeed</link>
      <pubDate>12 September 2012 11:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	ITIS has implemented this RSS feed. See details at  &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/whatsnew.html#rssfeed"&gt;ITIS What's New&lt;/a&gt;.
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>31 Aug 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 3,336 scientific names are new or edited
	in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS
	to 607,241. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>27 Jun 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 3,887 scientific names are new or edited
	in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS
	to 607,241. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>31 May 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 5,204 scientific names are new or edited
	in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS
	to 605,216. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>30 Apr 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 46,353 scientific names are new or edited
	in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS
	to 603,897. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>12 Mar 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 1,447 scientific names are new or edited
	in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS
	to 556,620. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>30 Mar 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 3,225 scientific names are new or edited
	in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS
	to 557,834. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>27 Feb 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 4,925 scientific names are new or edited
	in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS
	to 556,248. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
      </description>
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      <title>New ITIS Data Loaded</title>
      <link>http://www.itis.gov/downloads</link>
      <pubDate>30 Jan 2012 08:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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      <description>
	New ITIS data were loaded into the database. A total of 10,101 scientific names are new or edited
	in this load. This brings the total number of scientific names (any rank, any usage) in ITIS
	to 555,479. Database download files are available at &lt;a href="http://www.itis.gov/downloads"&gt;www.itis.gov/downloads&lt;/a&gt;.
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