[Taxacom] Wikispecies is not a database: part 3 (after thinking about it!)

[Stephen Thorpe]

> and taxonomists to build your data
No, taxonomists to create your data (i.e., manufacture the bricks),  
data compilers (people who understand both the general principles of  
taxonomy, nomenclature, and database structure), and IT people to  
build the databases (as distinct from the data it contains)

Quoting Jim Croft <jim.croft at gmail.com>:

> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Mike Sadka<M.Sadka at nhm.ac.uk> wrote:
>> You need IT people to build your databases.  ;-)
>
> ... and taxonomists to build your data.
>
> jim
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