Taxonomic Names
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Oeiras, Portugal
23 October 2003
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Annual Meeting Taxonomic Names |
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência 23 October 2003 |
| Programme & Schedule (Provisional) | Draft date: 21 October 2003 |
TDWG 2003 Plenary Meeting Schedule - Taxonomic Names
09:00 Welcome & Overview (Stan Blum)
- Welcome and Introduction
- History of the Subgroup
- Review of minutes and progress against actions from 2002 meeting
- Aims & Objectives of the day
09:15
(20 mins each)
Presentations - Setting the Scene (Chair: Jim Beach)
An overview of the various existing data models handling taxonomic names. Speakers have been asked to summarise the following:
- Intended user group
- Intended functionality to be supported
- Taxonomic theory being adhered to
- Current state of development
- Presentation to be advised (Frank Bisby)
- Beyond names: the Berlin Model for taxonomic information processing
Author: Walter Berendsohn, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Department of Biodiversity Informatics, Königin-Luise-Str.6-8, D-14191 Berlin, Germany- The Prometheus taxonomic model - The drivers behind its development and its potential uses
Author: Martin Pullan, The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh- Presentation to be advised (Greg Whitbread)
- The VegBank taxonomic datamodel
Author: Robert K. Peet, Dept of Biology CB#3280, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280- Presentation to be advised (Donald Hobern)
11:15 Coffee Break
11:30 Finding the Way Forward (Chair: Jessie Kennedy)
Using the current SEEK interoperability model to provide a focus for determining the names standard requirements
- Using Taxonomic Concepts: integrating taxonomic concept models
Author: Jessie Kennedy, School of Computing, Napier University, Edinburgh12:00 Discussion and determination of the composition of appropriate break out groups (Chair: Jessie Kennedy)
Guidance on the requirements of the break out groups
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Break-out Group Discussions
13:30 Break-out Group discussions 15:00 Break-out Group reports 15:30 Coffee Break
15:50
Summary of Progress and General Discussion (Chair: Stan Blum)
Identifing progress made in the day. Identifing where progress is yet to me made and attempt to obtain agreement on who is to make further progress and how that is to be funded and achieved
- Review of aims and objectives
- The way forward
- Products/Targets
- Relationships with other groups
- Resources required and available
16:20 (20 mins each)
Examples of Software and Online Systems (Chair: Greg Whitbread)
- UK-based developments in online thesauri for taxonomic information
Author: Charles Copp, Grant, M., Hewzulla, D., Hussey, C., Robinson, J., van Breda, J. & White, R.- Online taxonomic information at the Belgian GBIF Node
Author: Didier Piette, Mergen, P.Duflost, J., Wautelet, F. & Herzog, R., Belgian Biodiversity Information Facility (BeBIF), ULB CP 257, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium (http://www.be.gbif.net)- Taxonomic software for the Berlin Model
Author: Döring, Markus, Glück, Karl, Anton Güntsch & Li Jinling, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Department of Biodiversity Informatics, Königin-Luise-Str.6-8, D-14191 Berlin, Germany- What name can do alone: An Application of Formal Concept Analysis with Rough Set Approximation to Multiple Hierarchies Visualisation by TaxoNote Comparator
Author: Nozomi Ytow 1, Akira Sato 2, David R. Morse 3 and David McL. Roberts 4. 1 Institute of Biological Sciences / Gene Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan. 2 Institute of Information Sciences and Electronics / Science Information Processing Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan. 3 Faculty of Mathematics and Computing, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom. 4 Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom17:40 Closing Remarks
17:50 End of Session
Transport to Hotel