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

[Karen Wilson]

It certainly wasn't so when I was involved with the CoL some years ago, Stephen, and I don't expect it has changed.
The only caveat is, as Rich said, that this is a consensus (or rather, majority) view and therefore any researcher with hypotheses on taxon relationships widely different from most other workers in that particular field would have to persuade people that his/her hypothesis/view is more explanatory /believable and, most importantly, useful in this context than that/those of the other workers

Karen W

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-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Thorpe [mailto:stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz] 
Sent: Sunday, 12 July 2015 1:41 PM
To: Richard Jensen; Wilson Karen
Cc: Taxacom
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] New paper: Ruggiero et al. "A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms"

>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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 Karen L. Wilson AM
 Senior Research Scientist, National Herbarium of New South  Wales
 
 Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England,  Armidale, NSW  Secretary, General Committee, International Code of  Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi & Plants    
 
 Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands
 T +61 (02) 9231 8137 | E karen.wilson at rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au  Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Mrs Macquaries  Road, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
 
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 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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