The Lab Manual

The idea of writing a lab manual for comparative osteology has been floating around for a while.  There just isn't a good one out there and one of the best was written well over 100 years ago and has greatly outmoded jargon and few illustrations.  What students need is a lab manual that they can go to that tells them how to tell similar bones from different mammals apart and what to look for.  A few people in my lab have suggested that we pool together the best drawings from our class and publish a manual together.  What would be better I think would be an on line, searchable wiki that students can contribute to from many universities.  It should offer people the ability to submit drawings descriptions and dicotemous keys as well as edit/ confirm those submitted by others.  The wiki should include all fields of comparative anatomy and not be limited to osteology, thought that would be a good starting point.  Most importantly, the site should be free an open.  Artists that submit drawings and photos should be able to decide as well whether their creations should be freely available and modifiable.