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Taxon WG Conference Call_15 Dec 2004

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+ ** trying to keep Linnean core group from recreating complexity of TCS
+ ** Martin will come to Feb meeting and work with Xianhua on GUI Tools
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+ * Susan:
+ ** working with Joana on conceptual search of literature
+ ** Joana will update 4 OWL representations of TCS, then send to SMS and Taxon
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+ ! News
+ * Trevor is leaving Napier mid Feb 2005 to work with Dolly the cloned sheep
+ * Dave Thau is working normally to end of year, then maybe 10 hrs/wk til end of March. Then off for cool trip and grad school.
+ * Joana may go on leave-of-absence soon
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+ ! Visualization Tool document discussion [SeekTaxonTools]
+ * 1 interactive help/tutorial
+ * 2,10 - import (export from user perspective) from database to TCS - Trevor/Robert looking at this, 10 is a visual display of 2.
+ * 3,4,5 Martin (3 and 5 web based, 4 desktop app)
+ * 6 - comment on existing Taxon Cache contents
+ * 7 - business rules - LSID assigning authority looks at rules for assignment - we come up with rules and implement a java class (part of #2, 5)
+ * 8,9 Morpho/EML/concepts - both automated and manual, function of SMS/Kepler?
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+ * Has anyone modeled rules of nomenclature? Not that we know of.
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+ * Jim: First talk to users, have structured interviews (either local people or phone interviews), then report back and scope
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+ ! From [TaxonTaskList], Overall Goals, Integration: TOS with the rest of SEEK
+ * Mammals of North America
+ ** MSW data - new version done, but they are reluctant to release until book is published
+ ** Dave Thau will download relevant data from MaNIS for Napier - order = bat
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+ ! February meeting
+ * Discuss structured interview for users of GUI tools with Laura Downie
+ * Bring some users to meeting

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