[seek] summary for June 21, 2004 status reports

[Matt Jones]

Thanks for your reports.  We had lower participation this week, so 
please remember to send in your reports on Monday morning.  Thanks,

Matt

* Taxon group
   o Considering whether relationships should have global identifiers, 
and implications for how taxonomists use the system
   o Mammal data from ITIS put into the exchange standard, waiting on 
hickory data

* Kepler group
   o Substantial discussions on user interface design and ability for 
semantic abstraction of workflows
   o Preliminary actor for running R scripts in Kepler completed

* EcoGrid group
   o Almost complete with new resultset format on all four platforms 
(Metacat, SRB, DiGIR, Xanthoria)

* EOT group
   o New website prototype ready, will be placed in production next week 
(replacing the existing SEEK web site). Comments appreciated, see the 
prototype web site (http://lternet-227.lternet.edu:8080/).

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