Tree of Life Project Phase 1 Static HTML

Tree of Life Project Phase 1: Static HTML pages Editing application compiling HTML page tagged storage file 1994 -2001

Tree of Life Project Phase 2: Dynamic pages from a database Editing application A database of page information tagged storage file 2002 -2003

2003+ Tree of Life Project Phase 3: Trees and Objects Remote databases Custom data editors To. L Databases of a tree and objects Web browser Analytical tools

Stepping beyond web pages

a request for all images within clade ?

Classes of objects attachable to nodes Native to the To. L • images • sounds • movies • text • taxon names • people • glossary entries

amazing story mystery Query for a treehouse for a particular node ?

Classes of objects attachable to nodes Native to the To. L • images • sounds • movies • text • taxon names • people • glossary entries • Treehouse objects

Page objects will allow web pages to be presented

Classes of objects attachable to nodes Native to the To. L • images • sounds • movies • text • taxon names • people • glossary entries • Treehouse objects • page objects

Some objects might not be related to science • visual arts • poetry • recipes • domestication

Classes of objects attachable to nodes Native to the To. L • images • sounds • movies Custom • cultural references • numerical data • text • presence/absence of biochemical pathway • taxon names • chromosome number • people • DNA sequence data • glossary entries • Treehouse objects • page objects can be in remote databases

Analytical programs will be able to harvest data in remote databases Mesquite

Swapping out the underlying tree

Swapping out the underlying tree

Mapping rules will be necessary to automate the process Mapping Rule

Mapping rules will be necessary to automate the process Mapping Rule

The collection of mapping rules will form a mapping layer connecting objects to the tree Tree of Life Project Objects Mapping Layer

The mapping layer will be necessary to allow connections to information in other databases Tree of Life Project Objects Remote databases Mapping Layer

Remote databases Databases of trees and objects, presentation systems, etc. To. L Web browser Analytical tools

The Home Team

The project will be open source Remote databases Databases of trees and objects, presentation systems, etc. To. L Web browser Analytical tools