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CatalogueOfLife
The Catalogue of Life
Hello CoL people, We were recently on the GBIF helpdesk by a user who would like to know why the newest versions of the Classification no longer includes the reptiles...
It would be helpful to have a organisational level README which orients new (and existing!) users around the different projects housed under this CoL organisation. Github guidelines on organisational profiles...
Define rules for a stable taxonID. Understanding when a taxon changes sufficiently to warrant an identifier change
Develop a subscription service that allows users to be notified about new/changed data within a given sectors/subtree or a list of given species.
Develop a generic user discussion system that works similar to github issues. Within a comment it should be possible to crosslink users (@mdoering), names (#Abies_alba) and other discussions (#63). Threads...
Develop a comprehensive taxonomic editor that allows a taxonomic community to curate taxonomic datasets with names, name relations, references, synonyms and taxa. Editing history should be tracked and changes be...
Allow alternative classifications to be used in some areas of the CoL tree. Impacts tree navigation, metrics (?), search and more
Offer users a download API similar to GBIF that: - creates a single ColDP download package - assigns it a DOI with metadata citing all used sources - stores the...