[Taxacom] New paper: Ruggiero et al. "A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms"

[Karen Wilson]

Exactly, Dick.  This is intended as a pragmatic way to arrange/link information about all organisms so that the information can be made available electronically, no more nor less than that.

It is unrealistic to think that such a classification can reflect all of the most up-to-date research findings - or that it can be changed very frequently, given the intellectual and keyboard effort needed to make such changes carefully to avoid losing links to the information.

Congratulations to my former colleagues at Species 2000 and ITIS for producing this updated classification for the Catalogue of Life (and for use by any other digital system that needs one).

For those picking holes in certain areas of it: you could help to improve future versions by getting involved with the project and contributing your expertise.
Just a thought.

Karen Wilson

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From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Jensen
Sent: Saturday, 11 July 2015 11:57 PM
To: Stephen Thorpe
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Subject: Re: [Taxacom] New paper: Ruggiero et al. "A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms"

Hi all,

... Based on what I've read here, the new classification attempts to provide a useful consensus.

Cheers,

Dick J

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