Nico Implementation Thoughts

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SEEK Taxon "Tools" – Graphic User Interfaces

Introduction – why are we designing what?

This is an attempt to summarize discussion results (morning, November 3rd) about "tools" we need to develop in near future. The tools are meant to be used in two main workflow processes:

• assist ecologists in the taxonomic marking up of their submitted information, i.e. in the interactive process of identifying a suitable concept to tie to the names originally present in the data set (Canis lupus name as in ecologist's database?  Canis lupus sec. NA Mammal Checklist, 2000 concept now marked up in SEEK database?);
• assist taxonomic specialists in adding, editing, and relating concept information which