Repository details
Open Tree of Life
Name of repository
Open Tree of Life
Additional name(s)
- Tree of Life - Evolution
Subject(s)
Description
The tree of life links all biodiversity through a shared evolutionary history. This project will produce the first online, comprehensive first-draft tree of all 1.8 million named species, accessible to both the public and scientific communities. Assembly of the tree will incorporate previously-published results, with strong collaborations between computational and empirical biologists to develop, test and improve methods of data synthesis. This initial tree of life will not be static; instead, we will develop tools for scientists to update and revise the tree as new data come in. Early release of the tree and tools will motivate data sharing and facilitate ongoing synthesis of knowledge.
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
- serviceProvider
Institutions (3)
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2012
Additional name(s)
- NSF
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (1)
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Database licenses (1)
Database License
Data access (2)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- registration
Data licenses (1)
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- other
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
unknown
Application programming interfaces (1)
Alerting services (1)
Type of alerting service
Remarks
Remarks
You need a (free) GitHub account to participate. Using GitHub allows us to track the history and changes of all data. Once you've created a GitHub account, just login and give access to OpenTree.
Funding is from NSF AVAToL #1208809.
Entry date
2016-02-17
Last update
2022-04-14
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re3data.org: Open Tree of Life; editing status 2022-04-14; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R35D27 last accessed: 2025-04-26- Current projects
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