Jen HammockSpecies Pages GroupSmithsonian Institution
Sea Education AssociationTools training Nov. 22, 2010
Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth.
-Edward O. Wilson
EOL’sGuiding Principles
• Freely accessible: open access, open source
• Available from a single portal in a common format
• Quality• Always growing as new
species are discovered and new knowledge is generated
Goals• Unprecedented global collaboration of novices and experts• Combining scientific credibility with public enthusiasm
• Topics that influence our world• More than just a scientific project—a new social
phenomenon• Provide value for several audiences
• Scientists• Educators• Policymakers
• Citizens
Typical species pageTypical species page
Objects can come from many partnersObjects are sorted by topicEach partner gets credit
Objects can come from many partnersObjects are sorted by topicEach partner gets credit
Overview Introduction
Description Physical Description Molecular BarcodeLife History Identification Original Description Physiology
Evolution and Systematics Classification Paleontology PhylogenyNomenclatural history
Ecology and Distribution Geographic Distribution Habitat Niche Ecosystem Role
Conservation Relevance ToxicityEthnobotany How to Grow
Example of detailed table of contentsExample of detailed table of contents
Maps from global museum and observation data
Links to digital literature
Links to external pages
Statistics
• 2,801,697 taxon pages, including families, genera, etc.
• 117 content partners providing 2,025,592 data objects (images, text, maps)
• 396,783 pages with vetted objects
• 621 curators
• 940,728 pages with links to literature
• 1,789,138 pages with links to other projects
EOL Content trajectory
Pages
Date
EOL curators
Let’s visit some partners and tools!
• http://www.marinespecies.org/
• http://morphbank.net/
• http://iobis.org/mapper/
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/encyclopedia_of_life
• http://nemertea.lifedesks.org
• http://neotropicalfishes.lifedesks.org
• http://eolinterns.lifedesks.org/
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