Re: Hierarchal vs Non-Hierarchal Interfaces to Biological Taxonomy

> > Does anyone have a link to web pages that shows the overall biological
> > taxonomy in a manner where it would be relatively easy to enter into a
> > database.
>
> Linnean or cladistic?

What is the main difference between the two? I could enter them both but would like to start with that preferred by practicing taxanomists.

> I'd start looking at the Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/tree/

Thanks, I had breifly visited this site earlier, but dismissed it as the trees diagrams are graphical instead of textual, thus preventing me from easily gathering the data. But if this the definitive site on bio taxonomy, I could go ahead and type in the major ones. The home page makes it sound as if there are about 5000 entries? Is this approximately correct? Received on Fri Dec 15 2006 - 00:40:18 CET