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The notion of Web-based consensus taxonomies remains controversial because, as two Australian researchers pointed out<ref>{{cite journal | author = [[Kevin Thiele|Thiele, Kevin]] and David Yeates | year = 2002 | title = Tension arises from duality at the heart of taxonomy | journal = Nature | issue = 6905| doi = 10.1038/419337a | pages = 337 | volume = 419 | pmid = 12353005}}</ref>, taxonomic names are not fixed but hypotheses, and therefore in constant change.

The first commercial web-based and community-based taxonomy that is publicly editable is Kagoon<ref>[http://www.Kagoon.com/app kagoon.com]</ref>, a web site that also allows visitors to associate entries with document paragraphs.

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