Award details

Capturing and relating character concept definitions in plant taxonomy

Reference	BIO14354
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Martin Pullan
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Mark Watson
Institution	Royal Botanic Gardens - Edinburgh
Department	Taxonomic Computing
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	107,808
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	19/03/2001
End date	19/03/2004
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Names (or terms) are fundamental to the integration of information but are prone to misapplication. The Prometheus project advanced taxonomy by using new database technology to ensure the precise use of organism names. Extending this technology and developing novel user-interfaces, this project will concentrate on the precise application of character descriptions, making objective definitions available for the future, and reconciling data from the past. The new system will incorporate a conceptual character model whose definitions refer to actual specimens. This will allow taxonomists for the first time to describe and reason about the characters that form the basis of classification, giving new insights into taxonomy. (Joint with grant 95/BIO14353.)

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Bioinformatics (Phase 2) (BIO) [1998-2000]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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BIO14353 Capturing and relating character concept definitions in plant taxonomy

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