diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6214ac0..ac55e76 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
 [submodule "_resources/extensions/SemanticDependencyUpdater"]
 	path = _resources/extensions/SemanticDependencyUpdater
 	url = https://github.com/gesinn-it-pub/SemanticDependencyUpdater.git
+[submodule "_resources/extensions/ExternalData"]
+	path = _resources/extensions/ExternalData
+	url = https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-ExternalData.git
diff --git a/_resources/extensions/ExternalData b/_resources/extensions/ExternalData
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..deac8c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_resources/extensions/ExternalData
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit deac8c50103a4c154b2d1f1e20a499e5a8aeb288
diff --git a/_settings/LocalSettings.php b/_settings/LocalSettings.php
index ef86053..b22a0a7 100644
--- a/_settings/LocalSettings.php
+++ b/_settings/LocalSettings.php
@@ -154,12 +154,9 @@
 
 //wfLoadExtension( 'DataTransfer' );
 
-//wfLoadExtension( 'NCBITaxonomyLookup' );
-$wgNCBITaxonomyLookupCacheTTL = 1296000; # 15 days
-$wgNCBITaxonomyApiKey = getenv( 'MW_NCBI_TAXONOMY_API_KEY' );
-$wgNCBITaxonomyApiTimeout = 30;
-$wgNCBITaxonomyLookupCacheRandomizeTTL = true;
-$wgNCBITaxonomyApiTimeoutFallbackToCache = true;
+wfLoadExtension( 'ExternalData' );
+$wgExternalDataSources['json'] = true;
+$wgExternalDataAllowedDomains[] = 'api.taxoniq.net';
 
 //wfLoadExtension( 'Variables' );
 wfLoadExtension( 'PageForms' );