[Taxacom] Google, Wikipedia, and EOL

[Andy Mabbett]

In message <f05100308c6c34e26e2f6@[138.23.68.6]>, Doug Yanega
<dyanega at ucr.edu> writes


>Just compare the entries for the Monarch butterfly in both resources
>(I sincerely urge people to do so, so you can form your own opinions):
>
>http://www.eol.org/pages/2922729
>
>versus
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_%28butterfly%29
>
>Frankly, I think the latter is VASTLY superior

>Wikipedia also shows a distribution map, indicates the subspecies,
>lists adult host plants, talks about the taxonomic and nomenclatural
>history (including etymology), and even discusses related species.

>On the other hand, among the links on Wikipedia
>are some that DO display specimen metadata.

Wikipedia also emits the 'Species' microformat:

        http://microformats.org/wiki/species

-- 
Andy Mabbett