Our knowledge of the many life-forms on Earth – of animals, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria – is scattered around the world in books, journals, databases, websites, specimen collections, and in the minds of people everywhere. Imagine what it would mean if this information could be gathered together and made available to everyone – anywhere – at a moment’s notice. This dream is becoming a reality through the Encyclopedia of Life.

Our Vision: Global access to knowledge about life on Earth.

Our Mission: To increase awareness and understanding of living nature through an Encyclopedia of Life that gathers, generates, and shares knowledge in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource.

Our Methods:

• identifying sources of biodiversity knowledge that are legally and practically shareable
• enriching their structure using modern data tools in order to integrate them with other knowledge
• aggregating them into a combined knowledge base
• providing access to the knowledge at a granular level using faceted search tools and data services in commonly used formats
• collaborating with data hubs worldwide to support interoperability and sharing

• Listing ID: 59125
• Access Url: https://eol.org/
• Related Subject: References, Directory, Open Access, Miscellaneous

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