A comparison of formats for descriptive data
Mike Dallwitz
md at ENTO.CSIRO.AU
Thu Nov 25 15:59:55 CET 1999
> From: Jim Croft
> To: TDWG-SDD
> enunciate/tabulate exactly what it is we are trying to achieve and the
> shortcomings/limitations of exiting formats in reaching this goal
No sooner said than done :-). See
A comparison of formats for descriptive data
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/www/compdata.htm
Actually, I've been working on this for a few days, but have been
hampered by some administrative work (a review of our project).
The document is rather sketchy at the moment, and I will correct and
add to it as time permits. There may be quite a few errors in the
information on Nexus/Paup/MacClade. Also, I haven't yet had time to
incorporate some of the suggestions made on this list.
The paper I presented at the recent TDWG meeting is also available:
Introduction to data requirements for natural-language descriptions
and identification.
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/www/descdata.htm
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