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Kr Sms Taxon 2005 Mar 8

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Breakout Session for KR/SMS/Taxon 2005 March 8

Participants: Aimee, Bertram, Shawn, Dan, Mark

Possible collaboration point: reasoning over functional attribute database

Semantic mediator will call TOS

EML

  • Maintain GUIDs in metadata or resolve dynamically
    • Could bind resolution if done by original data collector/author
    • Third party resolution results could improve over time until TOS cache is somewhat stable.
    • Who is responsible for the association if not maintained in EML?

Use Case:

  • Scientist brings in 2 datasets
  • Resolve names for each list
  • Can this data be integrated? yes/no
    • Need Integrate function: integrate(list1, list2, resolutionLevel). (This is already on the task list for Taxon)

For a more automated workflow approach - maybe associate taxonType as output port for dataset actor and input port for analysis actor

Additional input for findConcepts:

  • ancillary data to help resolve concept (i.e. geographic, functional, temporal data about dataset)
  • level of desired resolution (could be part of algorithm)

Additional functionality needed from TOS:

  • Resolve a list of names to a rescaled list of concepts
    • step 1: names to concepts (with user interaction?)
      • how is this determined when taxonomists make judgements based on taxonomic author/provider?
    • step 2: concept to parent
      • third party relationships or originally defined concept relationships
  • Compatible(concept1, concept2, criteria) - someone needs to define criteria for analysis.
  • List of names
    • are these most recent/best names
    • what are ambiguities
    • need for human intervention to resolve
    • which GUID associated for co-referencing with other data.
  • Within a list of names where entries have differing resolutions/ranks, want to (automatically) rescale these requiring lumping to reconcile

SMS needs:

  • SMS define criteria/ontology for ancillary taxonomic information
  • Taxon redefine API arguments based on above



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