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TaxonWorks is in its infancy. Read the whitepaper (comment on it if you wish) at [http://taxonworks.org].   
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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].   
  
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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.
  
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== Interacting with TaxonWorks ==
  
Per our discussion about preproposal rounds coming in January, I think we should have a dense paragraph ready for use by potential collaborators. It should be in the wiki. Here's a first stab at an outline.
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Let us know what you're thinking. We're an open source project and are ''very'' influenced by our users.
  
• TaxonWorks, the new standard for taxonomic workbench tools
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* [[Feedback|File an issue]] on github.
• Why TaxonWorks
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* Have a big complex need?  Tell us (and others) about your [[User Stories| biodiversity informatics story]].
o stable endowment supported
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* Something more specific? Outline a specific [[Use Cases|use case]]
o Unified workbench (specimens, character matrices, keys, publication ready output) concept: Species File, MX, 3i
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* Leave a comment on our [http://speciesfilegroup.blogspot.com/ blog].
o Software group of Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois
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* Help us build TaxonWorks!  Clone the [https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks code] and start hacking!  We're very open to pull requests.
o Built in a collaborative Ruby codebase
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o 6 full time staff for development, debugging, hardware maintenance
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o Meets current data standards (DwC, TDWG…)
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o Internet based
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o Global data sharing: CoL, GBIF (DwC-A), ITIS, EoL
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• Provide MX for short-term use
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• Migrate to TaxonWorks in 2015
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Quick links:
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[[User Stories]], [[Rails Biodiversity Applications]], [[Rails]], [[Biological Properties]]
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Latest revision as of 11:39, 7 May 2015

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 taxonworks.org.

We now have a 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.