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Presented at EOL Rubenstein Fellows orientation workshop 18 March 2010
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Cynthia ParrSpecies Pages GroupSmithsonian Institution
EOL Rubenstein FellowsOrientation Workshop18-19 March 2009
AimsHow EOL came to beGoals of EOLWhat EOL isWhat EOL is notThemes and Regional EOLSRole of Fellows and Mentors
Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth.
-Edward O. Wilson
Collaborative Tree of Life distributed semantic Biodiversity Heritage Library ever evolving TED all information Synthesis Center INCLUSIVE SpeciesBase ClassificationBank Education and Outreach index MacArthur Foundation taxonomic intelligence modular software communal ownership user defined AvenueA | Razorfish any audience free visualization images WorkBench sounds phylogeny web 2.0 names-based infrastructure Atlas of Living Australia February 2008 Google Marine Biological Laboratory all species Smithsonian FISHBASE Harvard Field Museum Tree of Life E. O. Wilson aggregation / mashup EDIT ScratchPad widgets Missouri Botanical Gardens Sloan Foundation GBIF global identification service oriented keys matrix locally relevant union NameBank videos National Geographic any classification Global Names Architecture species centric open TDWG/BIS front pages dynamic pages Microsoft Species2000 ITIS Catalog of Life January 2009 WikiPedia
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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 page
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 contents
Maps from global museum and observation data
Links to digital literature
Links to external pages
Catalogue of Life
IUCN
GBIF
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Content providersDatabasesLifeDesksPublic contribution
CURATORS
COMMENTERSTAGGERS
Direct AmphibiaWeb traffic increased when they partnered with EOL
EOL
Statistics
• 1.9 million pages• Over 60 content partners providing 1.3 million
data objects on ~ 300,000 taxon pages• 213,000 pages with vetted objects• 350 curators• Almost 675,000 pages with links to literature
Not Catalogue of Life
Not GBIF
Not Wikipedia
Not Wikispecies
Marine Theme
90% of 230,000 marine species by 2013Education activitiesBioSynC workshopsPartnerships pendingMarine theme coordinator
Regional EOLs
China
Australia
Dutch
South Africa
Central America
North America Pan-Arab
Norway
Regional
Global
Basic toolsRelevant data
Shares pagesTranslations
Serving regional needs in regional language
Serving international needsAll species
Other region
Other region
EOL Fellows programCurrent
• Support ~15 early career scientists each year• Share content related to their research• Engage other scientists• Help us do a better job
Future (need funding)• Regional EOL Fellows• Distinguished Fellows
EOL Content trajectory
Species pages
Year
Cornerstone Institutions• The Biodiversity Heritage
Library• The Field Museum of
Natural History• The Missouri Botanical
Garden• The Marine Biological
Laboratory • Harvard University• The Smithsonian
Institution
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Cornerstone Institutions• Grants• Private Donors
Invaluable support