Re: Announcement of the I3C (but where are the taxonomists?)

Dear TDWG folk The note below caught my interest in that I'm a taxonomist/plant systematist by vocation and am currently working in the area of ontology and controlled vocabulary development for monocots & dicots (this is an extension of the Gene Ontology paradigm - see: www.geneontology.org). Lest you're feeling hopeless about the lack of taxonomists represented in this area of endeavor (which overlaps I think with the I3C - I need to study it's mandate further), there is my voice along with those of several other biological ontologists who are collaborating with me. The relevance & inputs from taxonomy/systematics are already being realised amongst some of my colleagues - so there's hope. I'd argue that at least one taxonomist has already got his 'sleeves rolled up' (IMHO) & is working with other colleagues with similar goals (as being focused on by the I3C group). We're hoping to form the Plant Ontology Consortium to extend our tools, paradigm & 'influence', for the benefit of the users of plant-based databases. Regards, - Leszek Vincent xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox P. Leszek D. Vincent Ph.D., FLS Plant Science Unit, Dept. of Agronomy, 209 Curtis Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211-7020, USA. Ph: (573) 884-3716 (Agronomy), Fax:(573) 884-7850; Ph/Fax (Home): (573) 441-1228; Email: Leszek@missouri.edu Plant Systematist on the Maize Mapping Project - NSF award 9872655 - (http://www.cafnr.missouri.edu/mmp/ and http://www.agron.missouri.edu/) xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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