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

[Stephen Thorpe]

>you could help to improve future versions by getting involved with the project and contributing your expertise<

I think it is by "invitation only" ...


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On Sun, 12/7/15, Karen Wilson <Karen.Wilson at rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Taxacom] New paper: Ruggiero et al. "A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms"
 To: "Richard Jensen" <rjensen at saintmarys.edu>
 Cc: "Taxacom" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
 Received: Sunday, 12 July, 2015, 3:02 PM
 
 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
 Cc: Taxacom
 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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