Consider this in the real world. If I have a number of descriptions of species, and from them I want to create a genus description, then I would collate the genus description from the species descriptions. Compile and aggregate would also work, but I think collate works better.

Cheers - k

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregor Hagedorn" G.Hagedorn@BBA.DE To: TDWG-SDD@USOBI.ORG Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 4:38 AM Subject: Correct term for collating/summarizing/consolidating/inferring from below

| (While I am still working on the Paris minutes and related documents, | I would like to raise a minor point:) | | What term should we use for the process of inferring and collecting | information from multiple descriptions into a generated description? | Bob raised the point that "collation" may be inappropriate or | misleading. | | Please take a look at: | | http://160.45.63.11/Projects/TDWG- | SDD/Docs/SDD_P_InferenceCorrectTerm.html | | and send your comments to the list! | | thanks, Gregor | ---------------------------------------------------------- | Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn@bba.de) | Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety | Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) | Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 | 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 | | Often wrong but never in doubt!