Community Curation of the Tree of Life

Karen Cranston / @kcranstn / kcranston.github.io

Engage community in building tree that is:
1. Complete
2. Online
3. Constantly updated

Curation-based synthesis

  • Allow anyone to upload / edit trees
  • Track provenance of changes
  • Give credit for curation
  • Make curated data easily available

Is it working?

  • 3927 studies
  • 8535 trees
  • 40 curators
  • 8200 commits

What's next?

  • Improved curator statistics
  • Notifications
  • Custom tree synthesis
  • UX improvements