A maze of twisty little ideas (about biodiversity informatics), all alike.
This project is meant to be a light-hearted, sometimes slightly opinionated poke at all things Biodiversity Informatics. Any reference to specific technologies, events, concepts, people or ideas (including those that sound awfully autobiographical) is for the purposes of humour only. YRMV.
This is not a website to promote your tools, but rather the concepts behind the tools.
This was originally conceived as the basis for a Biodiversity 101 Workshop talk at BiodiversityNext 2019.
José Luis Pereira built the interactive website.
The initial list of ideas was dumped during a couple hours of self-reflection, many are memes, tropes, etc. that most certainly did not originate with the original author. We'll be cross-referencing as time goes on. Feel free to PR with a citation to the source of any point.
This is the original talk about the project.
Sensu Monty Python, but with a tinge of reality. Should reflect something presently impossible, but maybe not out of realm of question. Not Star Trek, but also not going to get funded by the NSF.
Mean very little, items placement per level are not value judgements. Levels don't necessarily reflect a linear path or progression (which is some kind of iterative network).
The may perhaps be thought of as:
- 1-3 : Local awareness
- 4-6 : Regional awareness
- 7-9 : Global awareness
- 10 : Another dimension
- Why don't we create unique identifiers for each record so we can link to our favourites in our favourite social media?
- The path ebbs and flows, concepts change. You deal with identifiers every day, free yourself and just wander ;).
There are real ways to "level up". Check out and participate in these initiatives:
Please follow the code of conduct.
For now, open a Waypoint issue or make a PR.
Moving forward, a potential model:
- Open an issue or PR with a single contribution
- Once that issue or PR gets 5(?) likes from the community it is added to the list.
CC 0, but if you make money off this list you should donate all of it to a Natural History Collection that employs taxonomists and collection managers (and taxonomists who manage collections, and collection managers who are taxonomists).
npm install
npm run build