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Resources for maintaining the Organism(s) hierarchy are limited.  It seems unlikely that the primary project we've been considering (a logical model for Microorganisms) will or even can be completed in the near term.  We have requested that the elaboration document describing this work be withdrawn.

In place of the original model project, it seems reasonable to consider changes that can be made to the existing primitive hierarchy in order to simplify current editing tasks, clarify and state principles for its organization, and eliminate existing errors.  Previously we described a subproject consider such a task (see "Editorial Guidance Subproject" document).  

In addition to the previously identified problems with microorganisms, fungi and bacteria; viruses, prions and archaea can and should be reviewed.  As an alternative to a full-scale redesign of the Organism Hierarchy and development of a functional model for organisms, Jeff Wilcke proposes to move this project to what may be a more productive and useful path.  These deliverables (subpages) describe analytical and editing challenges of the existing (all-primitive) organism hierarchy that we believe can be completed within the next two years:

Eventually, these deliverables will be associated with one or more IHTSDO project documents (Inception, elaboration, construction etc.).  The precise scope of the work (within the organism hierarchy) is difficult to describe.  It does not address a particular number of levels, specific taxonomic ranks nor is it restricted to a particular subhierarchy.