Revision of Plan from Fri, 2009-03-27 14:41

 

What:

Features (page)

Keys (some)

List of genera

Database

Texts/descriptions

Species images

Feature illustrations

List of contributors

Documentation (minutes, project plans, general blurb)

Bibliography

 

Why:

 

Quick web presence

For funders to look at

Finding out more about scratchpads

Community involvement

 

When:

1st December – Leverhulme

Job plan – up to end of Jan

 

Who:

Tropical Africa Drylands team (Ian Darbyshire, David Goyder)

Humid Tropical African team (Tivvy Harvey, Martin Cheek)

Malpighiales team (chat to Sue Zmartzy and Gill Chalen)

Lamiales team (Gemma Bramley and Alan Paton)

Legumes (Barbara Mackinder – 1 tribe)

Rubiaceae?

Myrtales?

Araceae (Anna Haigh)

Inner core, outer core and wider community

 

How:

Manual (copy and paste etc):

Linaceae + SANBI families

            List of families and genera (create taxonomy + typing)

                        Linaceae + genera

                        Malpighiaceae + genera

            List of subset of characters (create taxonomy + typing)

                        General habit – habit

 

                        General habit - leaf arrangement

 

                        Leaves – insertion

 

                        Leaves – simple or compound

 

                        Inflorescence – flowers

 

                        Inflorescence – position

 

                        Flowers – perianth

 

                        Flowers – disc

 

                        Fruit – texture at maturity

 

                        Fruit –mericarps

 

                        Seeds – whether winged

 

                        Seeds – hairyness

 

 

            Characters (create custom data page + cut and paste)

                        Title = Plant part, character and state

                        Field 0 = Core or optional status

                        Field 1 = Description (do we need a special field for images)

                        Field 2 = Links to bibliography (how?)

                        Field 3 = Synonyms (in other keys)

 

            Feature descriptions (create custom data page + cut and paste)

                        Title = Genus name

                        Field 0 = general habit

                        Field 1 = leaves

                        Field 2 = inflorescence

                        Field 3 = flowers

                        Field 4 = fruits

                        Field 5 = seeds

 

Automated (batch-loading of data)

Local Sandbox

 

 

 

 

 

Fri, 2009-03-27 14:38 -- Anonymous (not verified)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith