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| - Other Use Cases address the synonymy and parent/child connections among concepts on a one-to-one basis. They answer the question "how is concept 1 related to concept 2" in one step, and then "how is concept 1 related to concept 3" in a separate step. The results of such queries are thus more or less extensive listings of "token" (one-to-one) connections among synonymous or hierarchically related concepts, each pertaining to a unique reference and time. However. there is another way to view the relationships among published concepts through time. The authors of Nomencurator (Ytow ''et al.'' 2001, BJ Linn. Soc. 73: 81-98) refer to this as a "dynamic perspective" on concepts, where changes are presented in the same temporal sequence in which they occurred in the (primary) taxonomic literature. One can thus view partial or entire ''concept lineages'', i.e. how concepts have changed from the time they orginated until their latest "reincarnation" in a recent taxonomic publication. These changes involve both synonymy and parent/child connections. There are multiple textual or visual ways to capture this; one is illustrated in slide 8 of the Vegbank Powerpoint presentation by Dr. Robert Peet (see http://seek.speciesanalyst.net/ow.asp?TaxonMeeting%5F23%5FJanuary%5F2004). In addition to individual concept lineages, one can imagine dynamic perspectives on changes among entire classification systems. These are treated in a separate Use Case. |
| + Other Use Cases address the synonymy and parent/child connections among concepts on a one-to-one basis. They answer the question "how is concept 1 related to concept 2" in one step, and then "how is concept 1 related to concept 3" in a separate step. The results of such queries are thus more or less extensive listings of "token" (one-to-one) connections among synonymous or hierarchically related concepts, each pertaining to a unique reference and time. However. there is another way to view the relationships among published concepts through time. The authors of Nomencurator (Ytow ''et al.'' 2001, BJ Linn. Soc. 73: 81-98) refer to this as a "dynamic perspective" on concepts, where changes are presented in the same temporal sequence in which they occurred in the (primary) taxonomic literature. One can thus view partial or entire ''concept lineages'', i.e. how concepts have changed from the time they orginated until their latest "reincarnation" in a recent taxonomic publication. These changes involve both synonymy and parent/child connections. There are multiple textual or visual ways to capture this; one is illustrated in slide 8 of the Vegbank Powerpoint presentation by Dr. Robert Peet (see [TaxonMeeting_23_January_2004]). In addition to individual concept lineages, one can imagine dynamic perspectives on changes among entire classification systems. These are treated in a separate Use Case. |
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