EOLv2 eol.org

v2: Scope & Engagement

• All species• Global• Many audiences

– enthusiasts– scientists– learners– citizen scientists

EOL v1

EOL v2

eol.org

Scientific Databases, includingBHL, GBIF, ALA, INBio, COL, Scratchpads, LifeDesks Scientific Journals

EOL aggregates and curates

Curate

CommentRate, Collect

eol.orgAggregate

API

Third party apps

Quality control, prioritization

Summarizing knowledgeNot managing raw data

Many topicsMorphology, conservation, behavior ecology, genomics

links to educational resourceslinks to identification resourceslinks to citizen science projects

Taxonomy is frameworkNot the goal

ITIS and COL

NCBI

ContributionsImages via Flickr or Wikimedia

Text on the siteRating of objects

Comments and other

v2 engagement: Collections

v2 engagement: Communities to share interests or to share work

• Collections as checklists

• Third-party app using collections to instantly set up new mobile data entry

• Could copy items & annotations to reflect actual observations

V2 engagement: Internationalization• Spanish – INBio, CONABIO• Arabic – Bibliotheca Alexandrina• Translatewiki for interfaces in other languages

v2: Incentives for improvement

Image credit: Peter Förster

http://eol.org/info/priority_taxa_on_eol

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Volunteer curators• Assistant curators

– No credentials needed other than real name– Have some powers– Will have reports on those powers

• Full curators– Broad powers– Credentials include membership in society, referral from

professionals, successful record as assistant curator• Master curators

– Have power to manage other curators to ensure policies of inclusion and courtesy are followed

Take-home messages

• EOL helps taxonomists and others reach broader audiences via engagement

• All users invited to contribute• Path to full curator status• We are international and localizable• We have priorities and ways to assess rich

content

Acknowledgements

Funding from:John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationAlfred P. Sloane FoundationSmithsonian InstitutionMarine Biological LaboratoryHarvard University and other funders and donors

All our content partners and global partners, especially:INBio -- Costa RicaBibliotheca Alexandrina -- EgyptCONABIO – MexicoGBIF

Volunteer curators and individual contributors via Flickr, Wikimedia, and members of EOL