Re: [hcls] Encyclopedia of Life & possible interaction with the HCLSIG

Matthias,

Science Commons / Creative Commons is involved from a legal perspective, 
and the SW use cases are driving much of the legal discussion.  I can 
connect you through if you're interested.

jtw

samwald@gmx.at wrote:
> Are any participants of the HCLS (or at least someone who is reading this mailing list) in connection with the Encyclopedia of Life project [1, 2]? The announcement of this ambitious project in the last month had international press coverage -- and it seems that Semantic Web technologies will play a part in it [3].
> It would be great if the HCLS could interact with (and maybe guide) the Encyclopedia of Life project and their Semantic Web developments.
> 
> [1] http://www.eol.org/faqs.html
> [2] http://www.mkbergman.com/?p=370
> [3] http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/wp-content/uploads//2007/05/eol_layers.gif
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> 
> cheers,
> Matthias Samwald
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> Yale Center for Medical Informatics, New Haven /
> Section on Medical Expert and Knowledge-Based Systems, Vienna /
> http://neuroscientific.net
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Received on Tuesday, 29 May 2007 02:38:28 UTC