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Taxon Functions And Usability

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+ !! User information
+ * ITIS is not useful, concept and how it was developed is wrong
+ ** currently looking at data just at face value, names only
+ ** looking at old data, changes over tiime
+ * Sharing, integration of data, names, is that a problem? - yes, it's our job
+ ** If can determine relationships b/w different uses of a name, will correct
+ * Distinguish between nomenclature and usage
+ * JK - how do you separate names vs meaning?
+ ** lots of times concepts introduced in papers, with no name attached
+ ** a name with no author string can be assumed to be the original concept
+ ** poorly annotated names cannot be resolved - won't bother
+ * Need a collaborative tool to look at differences of opinion over time - literature, images, type specimens
+ * Don't care to document geographic and typological? changes of concepts over time - provide the references for those who are interested in this. Perhaps JK is overestimating the importance of this historical information
+ * Paradox - want all the info, synonymies, etc available, but also want a single, simple list
+ * Who is going to populate this database?
+ ** Bob - start fresh, with new info (ask about his point here)
+ * don't give too much authority to "online", this data is transient, don't confuse with archived data
+ * Dan - revisions of his species are just reshuffling, table of valid species, maintain separate family, genus, species, Fritz Haas and Simpson, [http://mussel-project.net], valid species assoc with an author, attached to nomen,
+ * Paul would like our tools to not only handle quagmire of legacy data, but help us go forward
+ * Brian Fisher - ants in Madagascar - several kilos of ants every month for 7 years - very few identifications completed. Now can objectively identify from DNA overnight.
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+ !! Target users
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+ Wed 16 Feb 2005
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+ ! Providers of Data
+ * P1 Taxonomists
+ * P2 Aggregators
+ * P3 Publishers
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+ ! Users of Data
+ * Amateur taxonomists
+ * Scientists/ecologists
+ ** E1 Ecologists creating datasets
+ ** E2 Ecologists trying to answer broad-scale global questions
+ ** E3 Scientists trying to help policy makers make decisions
+ * Public
+ * Government decision makers
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+ ! Our tasks
+ 1. Populate database
+ ** harvest
+ ** P1/E2 help relate concepts
+ *** First 4 functions above
+ *** Tasks
+ **** add known concepts
+ **** create new concepts
+ **** relate existing concepts
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