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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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