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        <h1 class="display-5 fw-bold">Species File Group</h1>
        <p class="fs-4">The Species <small class="fw-light">(life on Earth)</small> File <small class="fw-light">(software)</small> Group <small class="fw-light">(collaborating community)</small> builds tools that facilitate cataloging, description, and study of the Earth’s species.
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          <h2>Software</h2>
          <p>Specializing in <a href="http://taxonworks.org">workbenches</a> for biodiversity scientists and <a href="http://globalnames.org/">indexing <em>all</em> the Earth's species</a>, our group also produces a wide range of open-source libraries and utilities.</p>
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          <h2>Collaboration</h2>
          <p>Our resources serve the scientific community through collaboration including global infrastructure like the <a href="http://catalogueoflife.org">Catalogue of Life</a>. Help us grow!</p>
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          <h2>Data</h2>
          <p>Decades long curation utilizing SFG software by our team and <a href="/collaboration.html">collaborators</a> has resulted in high quality biodiversity data.</p>
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      <h3>Give</h3>
      <p class="lead">Please partner with us to support biodiversity informatics research, taxonomy, and natural history collections. Contributions impact efforts, from local-to-global, to understand, preserve, and responsibly use the Earth's vast biodiversity. Questions?  <a href="/about">Contact us</a>.</p>
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