[Taxacom] Finding your species in Mendeley

[Stephen Thorpe]

I find myself in agreement with Croftus australicus, and again I offer this example (which they have fixed up somewhat since I last posted the link yesterday): http://demo.nzor.org.nz/names/88403943-44db-46ee-b9c5-fd05c43aefce
but, still, Schizophora is NOT a subgenus (of Zealantha, or anything else!), and Zealanthus is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Zealantha, originating from their data provider. CRUCIALLY, the data MUST be verifiable (in principle)?by the user, and not merely based on trust! The N.Z. govt. is intended to be a user of NZOR (i.e., its biosecurity and conservation departments), so it would be nice to think that they know what they are doing ...
?
Stephen


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From: Jim Croft <jim.croft at gmail.com>
To: gread at actrix.gen.nz 
Cc: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> 
Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2011 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Finding your species in Mendeley

+1 on the 'manually'. It will take years, in fact we have already
spent years on it, but it is a finite and doable task.

The key issue is one of trust. We might use an item or link a computer
found but we will check it. Entries by competent humans, on the other
hand, are 'trusted' and considered verified, i.e. the link has been
followed and the right thing is at the end of it. If we are going the
do the 'let the computer find an add stuff' thing, a 'verified flag is
critically important.

Nomenclators are the foundation of everythng we do and as such they
are not allowed to be wrong. They can be incomplete as a work in
progress, even ambiguous if the ambiguity is explained, but they are
not allowed to be wrong.

Find a mistake in APNI, if we can't convince ourselves it is not a
mistake, a pleasant and sentient human WILL fix it... Find something
missing and we will unmiss it, but this might take a little longer...
:)

jim

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Geoffrey Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> I'm all for adding good live links to the primary literature. Best done
> manually, but that will take years for WoRMS, and auto matching is worth
> developing, as long as the resultant links are identified as unverified &
> user beware, and I don't need to spend my days removing the real duds from
> my area. Sorry if that sounds a bit pessimistic, and I'm eager to see how
> itaxon develops, but of course.
>
>
> Geoff
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