content team update
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eMonocot plenary – Content team Soraya Villalba, Ruth Bone and Odile Weber
8 September 2011, RBG Kew
• Content recap
• Methods overview
• Where we are
• Future
Families
Slipper Orchids
Dioscoreaceae
Liliaceae
Orchidaceae
Cyperaceae
Asparagaceae
Poaceae
European monocots
SRLI monocots
Araceae
Arecaceae
Descriptive content
Key
Images
Content
2
2
1 also synonyms, as much as possible
2
Original description
1
2 species and infraspecies ranks
Team
Ruth Bone
Odile Weber
Soraya Villalba
Sarah Phillips
Sara Contu
Original descriptions
Not digitised scan/photograph
adjust image
create pdf
rename
store in folder
Digitised
BHL, Internet archives, Gallica, Google books
store link in DB
rename
store in folder
Original descriptions
link bulk import
manual ?
Descriptive content
• obtain digital format
• extract relevant text
• save as txt file
• clean up text - remove newlines, calls to figs, etc
• add tags - if necessary
• proof-read - OCR mistakes
• convert to csv file - script / manually
• clean-up fields - if necessary
• remove irrelevant fields
• relabel
• move text to fit fields
• bulk import scratchpad
Find source - taxonomic treatments
Process
Check taxonomic concept – WCM, experts
doc / txt
csv
Descriptive content
IntroductionX
Paphopedilum charlesworthiiCribb, P. 1998. The Genus Paphiopedilum. 2nd ed.
• extract relevant text• save as txt file
XSynonyms
Additional taxonomic literatureX
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Paphopedilum charlesworthiiCribb, P. 1998. The Genus Paphiopedilum. 2nd ed.
• clean up text• add tags• proof-read
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• convert to csv file• clean-up fields
script vs. manual• less tedious• maybe faster• less prone to errors
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Headers = Taxon description topics… …id fields
…extra content
Descriptive content
Kubitzki, K. 1998. The Families and genera of vascular Plants. Volumen IV.
Descriptive content
• clean-up fields• remove fields• relabel• move text
Keys
Choose characters and states
Score
List taxa
Test
Illustrate
• Literature, expert advise• Easy to understand and see
• Using Lucid
Adjust
Make Public
• Characters and states• Entities
• Internal• External
Where?
How will they be displayed?
Images
Keys – Families
33 characters, 175 states
90 entities – some subfamilies scored
• Geography (imported from checklist)• Ecology and life history• Roots and underground perennating or storage organs• Vegetative shoots• Fertile shoot
Fruit scores by Wolfang Stuppy
Tested internally
Keys – Slipper Orchids
28 characters, 247 states
205 species
No hybrids
Feedback from
• Horticulture Kew• Orchid Project at Writhlington School
http://e-monocot.org/orchid-project-writhlington-school-london-orchid-show-weekend
• Phill Cribb• André Schuiteman
• Geography (imported from checklist)• Habit• Leaves• Flowers• Ovary
Keys – Dioscoreaceae
8 characters, 22 states
5 genera
• Habit• Inflorescence or partial inflorescence unit• Flowers• Fruit• Leaf base• Number of loculi per ovary• Number of ovules per locule• Lenthg of mature fruit
Dioscoreaceae will be soon revised
Keys – Families
Keys – Families
Keys – Slipper Orchids
Keys – Slipper Orchids
Keys – Dioscoraceae
Slipper Orchids
Dioscoreaceae
Liliaceae
Orchidaceae
Cyperaceae
Asparagaceae
Poaceae
European monocots
SRLI monocots
EU and SRLI
Original descriptions
4547Total941
3606
scanned
links BHL, etc
all
404/466
36/36
35/68
1474/3856
296/470
166/1767
587/1290
915/3137
558/1502
accepted
95/105
4/4
12/17
565/852
84/127
72/318
223/232
689/2072
520/1393
14/24
96
100
76
66
90
66
22
33
37
58
%
(20)
(80)
Families
Slipper Orchids
Dioscoreaceae
Liliaceae
Orchidaceae
Cyperaceae
Asparagaceae
Poaceae
European monocots
SRLI monocots
Descriptive content
57/79 extracted (in csv)
125/232 extracted (in csv) + 36 digitized
4/4 extracted (in csv)
16/17 digitized
104/108 digitized
GO digitized, extraction started
37 Carex / 582 EU Cyperaceae extracted (not in csv)
72
53
100
94
96
Descriptive content
• 14 / 59 modified• For missing families use less preferred source
and/or invite experts to revise/write descriptions
Families
• Global and regional• Concept changes - waiting feedback
Slipper Orchids
• To bring to the Chicago workshop
European Carex
• Content for Madagascar Dioscorea available
Dioscoreacea
Alstroemeriaceae
Aponogetonaceae
Arecaceae
Asteliaceae
Blandfordiaceae
Boryaceae
Bromeliaceae
Burmanniaceae
Butomaceae
Campynemataceae
Cannaceae
Centrolepidaceae
Commelinaceae
Costaceae
Cyclanthaceae
Cymodoceaceae
Cyperaceae
Dasypogonaceae
Dioscoreaceae
Doryanthaceae
Ecdeiocoleaceae
Flagellariaceae
Haemodoraceae
Hanguanaceae
Heliconiaceae
Hypoxidaceae
Iridaceae
Ixioliriaceae
Joinvilleaceae
Juncaceae
Juncaginaceae
Lanariaceae
Lowiaceae
Marantaceae
Mayacaceae
Melanthiaceae
Musaceae
Orchidaceae
Pandanaceae
Petermanniaceae
Philesiaceae
Pontederiaceae
Posidoniaceae
Potamogetonaceae
Rapateaceae
Rhipogonaceae
Ruppiaceae
Scheuchzeriaceae
Stemonaceae
Strelitziaceae
Tecophilaeaceae
Triuridaceae
Typhaceae
Velloziaceae
Xyridaceae
Zosteraceae
AcoraceaeAlismataceaeAmaryllidaceaeAnarthriaceaeAraceaeAsparagaceaeColchicaceaeCorsiaceaeEriocaulaceaeHydrocharitaceaeNartheciaceaePetrosaviaceaePhilydraceaePoaceaeRestionaceaeSmilacaceaeThurniaceaeTofieldiaceaeXanthorrhoeaceaeXeronemataceaeZingiberaceae
Descriptive content
Families
Slipper Orchids
Dioscoreaceae
Liliaceae
Orchidaceae
Cyperaceae
Asparagaceae
Poaceae
European monocots
SRLI monocots
Descriptive content
Key
Images
Where we are
Original description
Families
Slipper Orchids
Dioscoreaceae
Liliaceae
Orchidaceae
Cyperaceae
Asparagaceae
Poaceae
European monocots
SRLI monocots
Descriptive content
Key
Images
Near future
Original description
Families
Slipper Orchids
Dioscoreaceae
Liliaceae
Orchidaceae
Cyperaceae
Asparagaceae
Poaceae
European monocots
SRLI monocots
Key Images
Long term
DCOD Types BiblioSpecimensGeneral pages
Id galleries