SPM seems fine to me. Is it OK to call it SPaM or should it be SPoMo or something?
So now we have a name what about a definition?
We have no way of deciding between different design options if we don't have primary use-cases or usage scenarios nailed down.
Just like in any scientific endeavor we need testable hypotheses.
What I would suggest is that we come up with some tests to see if the SPM is any good. We can then design SPM so it at least passes these tests. Without setting some goal posts like these we will just go round and round in circles.
Presumably there is stuff about discoverability of data and merging of different species profiles.
Any offers to flesh this out?
All the best,
Roger
On 25 May 2007, at 16:31, Eamonn O Tuama wrote:
After some discussion on the TDWG convenors list we have changed what we were originally calling "Taxon Data Model" to "Species Profile Model" to disambiguate it from other TDWG standards. The message was that we should keep it as clear and simple as possible and that, while we might be dealing with taxanomic groups other than species, this latter term, rather than "taxon", was best.
Éamonn
-----Original Message----- From: Eamonn O Tuama Sent: 25 May 2007 10:27 To: taxon-model@lists.tdwg.org Subject: RE: [taxon-model] Taxon Data Model list now operational
Hi All,
There is a tentative schedule for the TDWG conference in Bratislava, 16-23 September on: http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/Executive/ Tdwg2007ConferenceSchedule
Included are two slots of particular interest to our Taxon Data Model (most likely to be changed yet again to "Taxon Information Model" to avoid confusion with taxonomy models):
Tuesday 16.00-18.00 Tuesday 18 Sept: Group meetings: a block of time for interest and task or joint group meetings
Wednesday 08.30-10.00 Wednesday 19 Sept: Special session devoted to Taxon Data Model
I'd like to get an idea of numbers interested in attending these sessions so let me know if you and/or colleagues plan to attend the conference. It will be a good opportunity to report on progress and, most importantly, hold discussions with other groups whose interests overlap with ours.
Best regards,
Éamonn
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