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However, digital tree data files often require some editing (e.g. rerooting) to improve the accuracy and reusability of the phylogenetic statements. Furthermore, establishing the mapping between tip labels used in a tree and taxa in a single common taxonomy dramatically improves the ability of other researchers to reuse phylogenetic estimates. As the process of curating a published phylogenetic estimate is not error-free, retaining a full record of the provenance of edits to a tree is crucial for openness, allowing editors to receive credit for their work and making errors introduced during curation easier to correct.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results: Here, we report the development of software infrastructure to support the open curation of phylogenetic data by the community of biologists. The backend of the system provides an interface for the standard database operations of creating, reading, updating and deleting records by making commits to a git repository. The record of the history of edits to a tree is preserved by git\u2019s version control features. Hosting this data store on GitHub (http:\/\/github.com\/) provides open access to the data store using tools familiar to many developers. We have deployed a server running the \u2018phylesystem-api\u2019, which wraps the interactions with git and GitHub. The Open Tree of Life project has also developed and deployed a JavaScript application that uses the phylesystem-api and other web services to enable input and curation of published phylogenetic statements.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Availability and implementation: Source code for the web service layer is available at https:\/\/github.com\/OpenTreeOfLife\/phylesystem-api. The data store can be cloned from: https:\/\/github.com\/OpenTreeOfLife\/phylesystem. A web application that uses the phylesystem web services is deployed at http:\/\/tree.opentreeoflife.org\/curator. Code for that tool is available from https:\/\/github.com\/OpenTreeOfLife\/opentree.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Contact: mtholder@gmail.com<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btv276","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,4]],"date-time":"2015-05-04T20:11:08Z","timestamp":1430770268000},"page":"2794-2800","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Phylesystem: a git-based data store for community-curated phylogenetic estimates"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Emily Jane","family":"McTavish","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA,"},{"name":"2 Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg 69118, Germany,"}]},{"given":"Cody E.","family":"Hinchliff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA,"}]},{"given":"James F.","family":"Allman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"4 Interrobang Corporation, Wake Forest, NC 27587, USA and"}]},{"given":"Joseph W.","family":"Brown","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA,"}]},{"given":"Karen A.","family":"Cranston","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"5 National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA"}]},{"given":"Mark T.","family":"Holder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA,"},{"name":"2 Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg 69118, Germany,"}]},{"given":"Jonathan A.","family":"Rees","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"5 National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA"}]},{"given":"Stephen A.","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA,"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023020202203621100_btv276-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"146","DOI":"10.1080\/10635150590905984","article-title":"Missing the forest for the trees: Phylogenetic compression and its implications for inferring complex evolutionary histories","volume":"54","author":"An\u00e9","year":"2005","journal-title":"Syst. 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