The Synoptic Key of Life is an effort to understand all the formal taxonomic descriptions in the biological literature with machine learning and make them accessible to the amateur taxonomist.

You can find the source at SKOL@github. There are presentations covering specific projects under the ISTnnn directories. The MASMC2025 poster gives an overview of the project to date.

Things to Do

We use Trello to track tasks and system behaviors.

Reporting Problems

Please use the GitHub Issues tool to report bugs in the Synoptic Key of Life or this web site. However, check existing bug reports before reporting a new bug.