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The Encyclopedia of Life

Postby DirtDoc » May 17, 2007 10:16 am

The Encyclopedia of Life (EoL)

This is not exactly cave related, but is clearly an exciting project that will ultimately include all known cave life. The Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) is a new project that will take a good 2 ½ years to get properly started. Trial pages have been posted at (http://www.eol.org)

“An international team of weighty institutions this week announced that it's developing the weightiest encyclopedia of biology yet. The free, multilanguage, Web-based guide will cover the 1.8 million living species known, plus new discoveries, say researchers from the Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University, the Field Museum in Chicago, and other organizations.”
The first pages should be available in 2008, and the 1.8 million basic entries could be online as early as 2017.

Reference: . A leap for all life: World's leading scientists announce creation of "Encyclopedia of Life." Encyclopedia of Life press release. May 9. Available at http://www.eol.org/press_release.html
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Cool

Postby GypsumWolf » May 24, 2007 8:33 am

Cool, sound kind of like my personal project to take a picture of every species of animal in the world.
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Postby DirtDoc » May 24, 2007 9:20 am

WONDERFUL!! Since EoL will accept input, you should end up being able to post your images.
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