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TaxonWorks is in its infancy. Read the whitepaper (comments 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].   
  
Quick links:
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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.
  
[[User Stories]], [[Rails Biodiversity Applications]], [[Rails]], [[Hackathon 2013]]
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== Interacting with TaxonWorks ==
  
Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
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Let us know what you're thinking. We're an open source project and are ''very'' influenced by our users.
  
== Getting started ==
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* [[Feedback|File an issue]] on github.
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
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* Have a big complex need?  Tell us (and others) about your [[User Stories| biodiversity informatics story]].  
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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* Something more specific? Outline a specific [[Use Cases|use case]]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]
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* Leave a comment on our [http://speciesfilegroup.blogspot.com/ blog].
* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
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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.

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.