The EoL is an emerging online reference and research tool, which aims to compile existing databases and efforts, mix their data with other content gathered from a variety of sources, and then have experts edit the resulting "mash up" (their phrase) to produce and maintain the most comprehensive guide to all the species known to humanity.

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