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News: A home page for every species


The Encyclopedia of Life -project starts in the USA.
Released on:	09 May 2007
Contributor:	Hannu Saarenmaa
Language:	English
Spatial coverage:	Not applicable
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Source of information:	Hannu Saarenmaa
Concerned URL:	http://www.eol.org/
EoL in the news Tietoviikko Boston Globe PhysOrg Slashdot EurekAlert Associated Press BBC Helsingin Sanomat Freipresse.de How might the EoL technically work? EOL Informatics The Encyclopedia of Life and linking open data The European response SpeciesBase The global framework of GSIS - Global Species Information System CyberPresse.ca VeriVox Some history of the idea on species home pages 1994. First static species home pages appear at www.diptera.org and www.metla.fi, but no published record of these exists. 1-5 August 1995, published in 1996. The idea was presented at a European Forest Institute workshop. 8 August 1995. Abstract of a presentation at the 20th IUFRO World Congress. 1996. The The Tree of Life project starts at University of Arizona. 29-31 March 1998. Dynamic species home pages were suggested by the European Commission delegation to GBIF. Summer 2002. E.O. Wilson visions an electronic page of each species, and coins the Encyclopedia of Life term. 2-4 March 2005. GBIF Species Banks Workshop. 9 May 2007. The Encyclopedia of Life project launched.

Please note that this article expired on 2007/10/01


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