The following examples illustrate some of the name problems facing natural science information providers. These applications utilize the TNS network service.

	A TNS-interfaced Google client uses the uBio and Google SOAP services to link vernacular names to scientific names, objective synonyms and different taxonomic synonymies.
	The TNS Name Mapper superimposes lists of names against multiple checklists and classifications.
	Nomenclator Zoologicus is a ten-volume compilation of the bibliographic origins of all zoological genera from 1758 through 1994. With assistence from GBIF, these volumes have been databased.
	Catalog of Living Whales is a Smithsonian bulletin digitized in 2004 to explore the representation of taxonomically precise catalogs from a more generalized name service.
	Francolinus review: This application demonstrates some of the issues surrounding the mapping and comparisonof taxon concepts within the Taxonomic Name Server.
	An image database of various marine species (primarily fishes) collected on numerous National Marine Fisheries Surveys during the 1970s-80s. The photographer recorded a scientific name and sometimes an additional common name. We use the taxonomic name server tools to map additional synonyms and vernacular names to these images. This application passes its local names list to TNS and caches synonymous scientific and vernacular names.
	The JSTOR online journal service indexes the fulltext of each journal back to the original publication. Multiple name representations for the same taxon are quite common. An example is the Pomatomus saltatrix, the new England bluefish which also occurs as Pomatomus saltator, Temnodon saltator and 10 other names. Try typing "bluefish" or "pilot whale" in the demo application.
	X:ID is identification key software for the creation and display of interactive taxonomic keys. It is written entirely in OpenSource code and is XML-based. It uses XSLT to allow provide multiple display options for a given key.
	A compilation of Methods for Handling Marine Eggs and Embryos written in 1971 is organized by taxonomic group. Many of the species names discussed in the text are already invalid, inhibiting automated data mining methods.
	The digitized text of The Birds of the Belgian Congo represents 4500 pages containing over 11,000 unique name forms. Most are bird names and the majority of these names are invalid forms currently unavailable in any electronic name cataloging service.