[SEEK-Taxon] tomorrow's conference call

[Beach, James H]

Sure no problem to join in, Rich.

Jim


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James H. Beach
Biodiversity Research Center
University of Kansas
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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Pyle [mailto:deepreef at bishopmuseum.org] 
Sent: 29 July, 2004 12:14 PM
To: Kennedy, Jessie; seek-taxon at ecoinformatics.org
Subject: RE: [SEEK-Taxon] tomorrow's conference call


Is it alright if I join the conference call, or is it for SEEK-funded
folks only?  I'd really like to take the opportunity to listen in and
get back on track with where SEEK is going -- especially in terms of the
TDWG connection.

Thanks,
Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: seek-taxon-admin at ecoinformatics.org
[mailto:seek-taxon-admin at ecoinformatics.org]On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jessie
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 1:04 AM
To: seek-taxon at ecoinformatics.org
Subject: [SEEK-Taxon] tomorrow's conference call


Hi Guys
Can I request that all of us on the conference call have access to a
computer so that we can discuss the schemas more easily - lack of
machines made this difficult last time.
We have had a look at the TES schema posted by Robert and have a few
questions/comments which we will discuss tomorrow however I think we
need to clarify from the outset whether we are discussing the SEEK taxon
concept database schema or a proposal to change the Taxonomic concept
exchange schema which we are putting to TDWG.
I know Dave V asked me whether the TDWG was the same as the Napier
schema as the SEEK schema to which I replied they are all the same - and
which at the time I believed they were. It seems now looking at this
proposal that there are SEEK/DB specific issues in it then maybe we are
now starting to separate the transfer schema from the implementation
schema and we need to be clear about whether or not they are different
and if they are ensure that they remain compatible but understand why
and where they are different.
It would also be useful to know the reasoning behind the changes as we
thought we had explained why the existing schema shouldn't have caused a
problem during the last conference call - but maybe didn't?
We have been working on other issues and options for the transfer schema
which are on the wiki page some of which we will likely incorporate and
others not.
speak to you tomorrow....
Jessie
Prof. Jessie B Kennedy
School of Computing
Napier University
Merchiston Campus
10 Colinton Road        tel:    +44 (0)131-455-2772
Edinburgh               fax:    +44 (0)131-455-2727
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Scotland                email: j.kennedy at napier.ac.uk


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