User:Deo Favente/Animal Taxonomy

About
Iv'e started a project to make a graphical representation of the taxonomy for the animal kingdom. To do this iv'e chosen to use yEd Graph Editor (http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.html), a power graph editor that is free and open source.

Rules
To edit this graph please only edit the code section. Also follow the rules below, along with all the other things you see going on in the graph. If you want to change how the graph is made discuss it in the talk page. Also, in your edit comment try to say what you did and where you left off (if you didnt finish completely)

Nodes
Nodes should be created for any taxonomic rank, even unranked ones. Each major taxonomic rank is color codes, see the below section. Nodes should not be made for anything higher than kingdom, or anything lower than species, or include anything not inside the animal kingdom.

Node Type
Nodes MUST NOT be images. They are rectangles.

Node labeling
The node labeling for the most part is straight forward. For species the node label should be the binomial name of the species. Also, any node can have a more common name than its scientific name, located on the line below its scientific name.

Link URL
The node link URL should point to its wikipedia article.

Colors
The node coloring scheme (as of right now) goes like this: Item		Red	Green	Blue

Life		88	99	255 Domain		88	181	255 Kingdom	88	255	247 Phylum		88	255	165 Class		93	255	88 Order		176	255	88 Family		255	253	88 Genus		255	170	88 Species	226	141	84 For all of the non major taxonomic ranks, the node color should be white and transparent. In the future the lesser taxonomic ranks may have colors, making a better gradient scheme.

Label Colors
The color of the node should be black, except if all the spieces contained in it (or the species itself if it is a species) are extinct, then the node label should be white.

Sizes
All the nodes should be sized with the "Fit Node to Label" tool in the Tools menu.

Hierarchy
When adding a node, it should be placed as specific as possible. Example: when placing a genus, try to see if it fits under any subfamilies in the family you are placing it in.

Edges
The edges should be the fourth edge type in the UML section of the palette.

Layout
When you are done you may want to use the layout feature. The graph should be laid out with the "Class Organic" scheme with two addition options: "Tree Beautifier" and "Deterministic Mode".

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