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TaxonWorks is a long-term effort of the Species File Group to facilitate biodiversity informatics. Read the whitepaper that initially proposed the project (comment on it if you wish) at [http://taxonworks.org taxonworks.org].  

We now have a [[Sandbox|sandbox]] live and have invited select users to begin testing and providing feedback. Contact us if you are interested accessing this sandbox. 

== Interacting with TaxonWorks ==

Let us know what you're thinking.  We're an open source project and are ''very'' influenced by our users.

* [[Feedback|File an issue]] on github.
* Have a big complex need?  Tell us (and others) about your [[User Stories| biodiversity informatics story]]. 
* Something more specific? Outline a specific [[Use Cases|use case]]
* Leave a comment on our [http://speciesfilegroup.blogspot.com/ blog].
* Help us build TaxonWorks!  Clone the [https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks code] and start hacking!  We're very open to pull requests.</rev>
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