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1. TCS creation function
- create TCS from user input data
2. Viewing in multiple ways (for scientists/policy makers too)
- Interactive function for viewing existing matching concepts and decision making
3. Visualization Function (Small scale)
- Filter by different attributes, View and edit info in TOS in different manners
4. Multi-classification Visualization function (Large scale down to small)
- Several trees - see multiple matching concepts from a query within their classification trees
5. EML taxonomic data creation - function to create whatever EML group decides upon (EML group)
6. Other Schema to TCS mapping (behind the scenes)
7. Merge datasets (later)
- need input from SEEK
- unified concepts for 2 datasets containing taxa that can be analyzed together
- important, but later, many issues
8. Peer Review function (low priority)
- Way to filter for UNPUBLISHED data in the TOS for particular user/editor community
- Use visualization function
- 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.
Wed 16 Feb 2005
- P1 Taxonomists
- P2 Aggregators
- P3 Publishers
- 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
1. Populate database
- harvest
- P1/E2 help relate concepts
- First 4 functions above
- Tasks
- add known concepts
- create new concepts
- relate existing concepts
- Community ecologist
- Taxonomic expertise in particular taxa in geographic region
- keep track of community
- use taxonomic data available to improve classification of community
- capture info
- datasets persist over time for monitoring and consistency in treatment
- data compatible with similar efforts in other geo areas
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