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 ## A note about development
 
 The VIVO Ontology and related *VIVO ontologies* are under active development by the [VIVO Ontology Interest Group](https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/VIVO/Ontology+Interest+Group) of the [VIVO Project](https://vivoweb.org).
-The group holds regular meetings and is open to all.  Please consider particiapting.
+The group holds regular meetings and is open to all.  Please consider participating.
 
 VIVO Ontologies is an open source open community.  All are welcome to open issues, participate in discussions, and generate pull reqeuests.