Important
This tool has been developed and tested within Firefox 2.0, and has some problems when running
in other browsers (most notably Internet Explorer). If you experience any problems you may wish
to download Firefox (for free) by clicking the link below. For best results, you should use
Firefox 2.0 or later on a screen with resolution at least 1280 x 800.
Free Download
This is a semantic web tool designed primarily to aid Plant Scientists studying at the university
of Cambridge with their learning of plant evolution. The public site is a cut-down version of the full
tool, which contains some copyrighted information.
The tool is introduced to 1st and 3rd year students during the first few lectures,
but might also be suitable for use within supervisions and for revision purposes. There are also
some questions listed on the site to help guide interpretation and use of the tool.
Before you start, you might like to read the help section which details the full capabilities
of the tool.
The timeline itself is produced using a (heavily) modified version of the Timeplot tool developed as part of the SIMILE project at MIT, together with some site-specific scripting.
Acknowledgements
Developed by Nicola Peart and Ben Roberts, with feedback from Katy Jordan, Howard Griffiths and Beverley Glover.
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Developed by Nicola Peart and Ben Roberts as part of the ENSEMBLE project
© 2008 Nicola Peart, Ben Roberts, ENSEMBLE