Abstract One of the best ways to test the adequacy of taxonomic database standards is to build tools on top of them. TaxonWorks (http://taxonworks.org) is an ambitious, open source effort to provide an all-in-one wrapper around the taxonomist’s workflow. Its development is supported by an endowment that facilitates and encourages its com ... https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20279