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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Kristen Lans [mailto:klans@eol.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 13 August 2010 5:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> lee@blatantfabrications.com<br><b>Cc:</b> Nathan Wilson; Bob Corrigan<br><b>Subject:</b> EOL API Public Beta, 8/12-9/2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Lee-<br><br>Congrats on the TDWG mailing list being resuscitated! On a non-conference related note, I was wondering if you think it would be appropriate to post the message below to the TDWG mailing list?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks,<br><br>Kristen<br><br>________________<br><br>After a successful private beta, the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) development team is ready to open up testing of the new (and improved) EOL API to a larger community of testers in advance of its general release.<br><br>The testing period will run from August 12 to September 2. If you would like to participate in this beta program, please review the terms of the beta test at <a href="http://www.eol.org/content/page/beta_api">http://www.eol.org/content/page/beta_api</a>. From this page, you will be able to access API documentation, review test plans and provide feedback.<br><br>If you have questions about the beta test, or would like to open a direct line of communication to the EOL development team, please contact us at <a href="mailto:api@eol.org">api@eol.org</a>. <br><br>Please share this message as you see fit. Thank you in advance for your contributions. We are looking forward to working with you!<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Kristen Lans<br>Project Coordinator<br>Encyclopedia of Life<br>Biodiversity Informatics Group - Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>