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EOLv2 eol.org
v2: Scope & Engagement
• All species• Global• Many audiences
– enthusiasts– scientists– learners– citizen scientists
EOL v1
EOL v2
eol.org
Scientific Databases, includingBHL, GBIF, ALA, INBio, COL, Scratchpads, LifeDesks Scientific Journals
EOL aggregates and curates
Curate
CommentRate, Collect
eol.orgAggregate
API
Third party apps
Quality control, prioritization
Summarizing knowledgeNot managing raw data
Many topicsMorphology, conservation, behavior ecology, genomics
links to educational resourceslinks to identification resourceslinks to citizen science projects
Taxonomy is frameworkNot the goal
ITIS and COL
NCBI
ContributionsImages via Flickr or Wikimedia
Text on the siteRating of objects
Comments and other
v2 engagement: Collections
v2 engagement: Communities to share interests or to share work
• Collections as checklists
• Third-party app using collections to instantly set up new mobile data entry
• Could copy items & annotations to reflect actual observations
V2 engagement: Internationalization• Spanish – INBio, CONABIO• Arabic – Bibliotheca Alexandrina• Translatewiki for interfaces in other languages
v2: Incentives for improvement
Image credit: Peter Förster
http://eol.org/info/priority_taxa_on_eol
See updates tab
Volunteer curators• Assistant curators
– No credentials needed other than real name– Have some powers– Will have reports on those powers
• Full curators– Broad powers– Credentials include membership in society, referral from
professionals, successful record as assistant curator• Master curators
– Have power to manage other curators to ensure policies of inclusion and courtesy are followed
Take-home messages
• EOL helps taxonomists and others reach broader audiences via engagement
• All users invited to contribute• Path to full curator status• We are international and localizable• We have priorities and ways to assess rich
content
Acknowledgements
Funding from:John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationAlfred P. Sloane FoundationSmithsonian InstitutionMarine Biological LaboratoryHarvard University and other funders and donors
All our content partners and global partners, especially:INBio -- Costa RicaBibliotheca Alexandrina -- EgyptCONABIO – MexicoGBIF
Volunteer curators and individual contributors via Flickr, Wikimedia, and members of EOL