[WikiEN-l] Encyclopedia of Life

[Anthony]

On 5/8/07, ikiroid <ikiroid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like Wikispecies....
>
I was thinking Wikipedia.  But I guess it's part Wikispecies, part
Wikipedia, and part Wikimedia Commons:

*http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ardea_alba
*http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ardea_alba
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Egret

Anthony

> On 5/8/07, Keith Old <keithold at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > Associated Press is reporting on plans to establish an Encyclopedia of
> > Life
> > combining what is known about every known living species.
> >
> > http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/05/08/ap3699046.html
> >
> > In a whale-sized project, the world's scientists plan to compile
> > everything
> > they know about all of Earth's 1.8 million known species and put it all on
> > one Web site, open to everyone.
> >
> > The effort, called the Encyclopedia of Life, will include species
> > descriptions, pictures, maps, videos, sound, sightings by amateurs, and
> > links to entire genomes and scientific journal papers. Its first pages of
> > information will be shown Wednesday in Washington where the massive effort
> > is being announced by some of the world's leading institutions. The
> > project
> > will take about 10 years to finish.
> >
> > "It's an interactive zoo," said James Edwards, who will be the
> > encyclopedia's executive director. Edwards currently helps run a global
> > biodiversity information system.
> >
> > If the new encyclopedia progresses as planned, it should fill about 300
> > million pages, which, if lined up end-to-end, would be more than 52,000
> > miles long, able to stretch twice around the world at the equator.
> >
> > Two foundations have given $12.5 million to pay for the first 2 1/2 years
> > of
> > the massive effort, but it will be free and accessible to everyone.
> > More in story.
> >
> > I wonder what its licensing arrangements are or will be.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Keith Old
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