[Taxacom] [Fwd: Re: Open review as a wiki]

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

From: "Mario Blanco" <mblanco at flmnh.ufl.edu>
>I don't remember if the following article has been mentioned in this
> thread, but it is highly relevant to it.  Especially because it
> describes the pros and cons of Wikis, Mash-ups, and what the authors
> call a "unitary taxonomy" (a centralized, mandatory web environment for
> all taxonomic publications, with a more controlled publication and
> review process than in a regular Wiki):
>
> Godfray HCJ, Clark BR, Kitching I, Mayo SJ, & Scoble MJ. 2007. The Web
> and the Structure of Taxonomy. Systematic Biology 56(6): 943-955.
>
> In fact, the authors already have a running experiment on the
> feasibility of this model, the CATE Project
> (http://www.cate-project.org), focusing on sphingid moths and aroids as
> test groups.  That said, I don't know how successful the project has
> been since it started.

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Abstract is here:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a788069067~db=all~order=page

Paul