Correct term for collating/summarizing/consolidating/inferring from below
Kevin Thiele
kevin.thiele at BIGPOND.COM
Wed Mar 12 09:57:25 CET 2003
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 at BBA.DE>
To: <TDWG-SDD at 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 at 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!
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 <EM>collate</EM> the genus description from the species
descriptions. <EM>Compile</EM> and <EM>aggregate</EM> would also work, but I
think collate works better.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers - k</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Gregor Hagedorn" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:G.Hagedorn at BBA.DE"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>G.Hagedorn at BBA.DE</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:TDWG-SDD at USOBI.ORG"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>TDWG-SDD at USOBI.ORG</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 4:38
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Correct term for
collating/summarizing/consolidating/inferring from below</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>| (While I am still working on the Paris minutes and related
documents,<BR>| I would like to raise a minor point:)<BR>| <BR>| What term
should we use for the process of inferring and collecting<BR>| information from
multiple descriptions into a generated description?<BR>| Bob raised the point
that "collation" may be inappropriate or<BR>| misleading.<BR>| <BR>| Please take
a look at:<BR>| <BR>| </FONT><A href="http://160.45.63.11/Projects/TDWG"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>http://160.45.63.11/Projects/TDWG</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>-<BR>| SDD/Docs/SDD_P_InferenceCorrectTerm.html<BR>| <BR>| and send your
comments to the list!<BR>| <BR>| thanks, Gregor<BR>|
----------------------------------------------------------<BR>| Gregor Hagedorn
(</FONT><A href="mailto:G.Hagedorn at bba.de"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>G.Hagedorn at bba.de</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>)<BR>| Institute for
Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety<BR>| Federal Research Center for
Agriculture and Forestry (BBA)<BR>| Koenigin-Luise-Str.
19 Tel:
+49-30-8304-2220<BR>| 14195 Berlin,
Germany Fax:
+49-30-8304-2203<BR>| <BR>| Often wrong but never in doubt!</FONT></BODY></HTML>
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