[Sigia-l] Hat tip to Linnaeus

[Listera]

For several years, I've often cited here the absolutely monumental work
Linnaeus did a couple of centuries ago in scientific classification/taxonomy
as a precursor of digital IA. (Yes, Virginia, IA existed before WWW :-)

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus>

Now comes an effort to "genetically identify, or provide a barcode for,
every plant and animal species on the planet":

<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=7586011&type=worldNews>

Fantabulous.

Ziya
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