Activity
From 01/07/2012 to 02/05/2012
02/04/2012
- 03:27 PM Task #349: make ERD of full schema
- Full ERD is available at [[VegBIEN schema]]. A few tables are not yet included, because their lines to existing table...
- 03:25 PM Task #354 (Resolved): list of deliverables for next week (2/6-2/10)
- See [[2012-02-03 conference call]]
02/03/2012
- 05:33 PM Task #347 (Resolved): revise milestones
- Brad and Martha have approved it
- 03:15 PM Task #347: revise milestones
- My revisions are on the wiki under *[[Milestones]]*
- 01:57 PM Task #347 (Resolved): revise milestones
- 03:18 PM Task #320: Convert user-defined VegX fields to first-class fields
- Brad's meeting notes on 2012-2-3:
* Aaron to make whatever modifications are needed to match VegBien schema
* Sub... - 02:04 PM Task #346: add georeferencing support to schema
- * support DwC georeferencing fields
- 01:57 PM Task #346 (New): add georeferencing support to schema
- 02:03 PM Task #354 (Resolved): list of deliverables for next week (2/6-2/10)
- 02:02 PM Task #353 (Resolved): add terms from previous versions of DwC to DwC-BIEN
- 02:02 PM Task #352 (Resolved): create way to represent methods hierarchically in schema
- 02:01 PM Task #351 (Resolved): list of fields and method attributes needed to know whether can combine data from different plots
- * critical methodological elements
- 02:00 PM Task #350 (Resolved): implement methods in VegBIEN
- * middle ground between descriptions and ontological metadata
- 01:59 PM Task #349 (New): make ERD of full schema
- 01:58 PM Task #348 (Resolved): 1st draft of schema
- * plots and specimens data
- 01:56 PM Task #345 (Resolved): integrate GNRS into VegBIEN
- * geovalidation in scope
* georeferencing out of scope unless existing implementation
- 01:56 PM Task #344 (Resolved): contact John about GNRS/georeferencing
- * Using PostGIS/R?
- 01:55 PM Task #343 (Resolved): integrate TNRS into VegBIEN
01/30/2012
- 04:15 PM Task #323: map NYBG data
- Infrastructure exists to do full NYBG loads, but there are many errors in the import
- 04:12 PM Task #338 (Resolved): put together samples of SALVIAS data that aggregates individuals and stems in different ways
- See [[SALVIAS issues]]
01/27/2012
- 03:04 PM Task #342 (Resolved): make DwC_BIEN schema
- 03:03 PM Task #341 (New): create verbal descriptions of edge cases
- test cases for whether model can appropriately accommodate data
01/26/2012
- 06:29 PM Task #340 (Resolved): put together definitions of abstract BIEN terms
- * specimen
* voucher
* taxonoccurrence
01/24/2012
- 06:32 PM Task #339 (New): have "schema showdown"
- Discuss different meanings everyone has for various ecological terms, especially:
* taxonoccurrence
* specimen
01/20/2012
- 03:02 PM Task #337 (Closed): VegBIEN table renames
- E-mail from Brad on 2012-1-20:
Hi Mike,
You and Aaron have convinced me. Bob & I were advocating a return to th... - 12:29 PM Task #338 (Resolved): put together samples of SALVIAS data that aggregates individuals and stems in different ways
- * individual count
* stem count
* individuals
* stems
01/19/2012
- 06:06 PM Task #337: VegBIEN table renames
- "observation" can be confusing, because it's not obvious what it's an observation of (a plot, an organism, a stem?). ...
- 06:02 PM Task #337 (Closed): VegBIEN table renames
- E-mail from Brad:
Conceptual definitions of tables:
observation: permanent attributes of a unit or area of obse... - 05:32 PM Task #336 (Resolved): create VegBIEN ERD
- Now live on [[VegBIEN schema]]!
- 04:56 PM Task #336: create VegBIEN ERD
- I discovered that MySQL Workbench can synchronize its model with an existing CREATE script. So, it looks like we can ...
- 04:54 PM Task #336 (Resolved): create VegBIEN ERD
- 11:35 AM Task #302 (Resolved): Make changes to VegBIEN schema
- Extensive changes have been made
- 11:33 AM Task #331 (Resolved): use VegX's individualOrganismObservation/relatedItem to model stems
- Stems are now modeled in VegX. (Note that _VegBIEN_ stems import not complete yet)
- 11:32 AM Task #319: Update statistics/lists of user-defined fields in use in VegX and VegBIEN
- I've done this for NYBG to VegX
- 11:31 AM Task #322 (Resolved): get access to raw CTFS data
- I have the data from Shash, including a SQL dump
- 11:30 AM Task #334 (Resolved): which DarwinCore attributes do we want to include in the specimen table?
- Desired fields have been added or moved from other tables
- 11:30 AM Task #314: Import CTFS data
- I have data from Shash and am working with her to make sure we can parse it
- 11:29 AM Task #318 (Resolved): decide whether to switch to VegX 1.5.2
- In fact, we will switch to 1.5.3, which is now available
01/13/2012
- 03:28 PM Task #335 (Rejected): Look into using Sybase Powerbuilder or IBM Enterprise Vision to map data
- The TACC (Texas Advanced Computing Center) people might have individual licenses they could let us use
01/12/2012
- 04:40 PM Task #334 (Resolved): which DarwinCore attributes do we want to include in the specimen table?
- 04:37 PM Task #314: Import CTFS data
- e-mails on 2012-1-12:
Steve Dolins:
We used the identical aggregate data file used for BIEN I... I think the da... - 04:30 PM Task #333 (Resolved): add traits table to VegBIEN
- 04:25 PM Task #318: decide whether to switch to VegX 1.5.2
- Brad: Yes! Latest version please, 1.5.2. It's about to get a lot less stable in any case, as we make more changes.
- 04:10 PM Task #318 (Resolved): decide whether to switch to VegX 1.5.2
- We have been mapping to VegX 1.5.1 (the latest stable version) but a release candidate VegX 1.5.2 is also available. ...
- 04:24 PM Task #332 (Rejected): switch to VegX 1.5.3
- 04:22 PM Task #331 (Resolved): use VegX's individualOrganismObservation/relatedItem to model stems
- 04:22 PM Task #330 (Rejected): DwC extension to VegX
- 04:22 PM Task #329 (New): make website user-protected
- 04:21 PM Task #328 (New): get raw data rather than flat file exports from RAINFOR
- 04:21 PM Task #327 (Resolved): look into Clio
- 04:21 PM Task #326 (Rejected): generic MOU template to request data
- 04:21 PM Task #325 (Resolved): map CTFS data
- 04:21 PM Task #324 (Resolved): NYBG validations
- 04:20 PM Task #323 (Resolved): map NYBG data
- 04:20 PM Task #322 (Resolved): get access to raw CTFS data
- 04:20 PM Task #321 (Resolved): Convert user-defined VegBIEN fields to first-class fields
- 04:20 PM Task #320 (Rejected): Convert user-defined VegX fields to first-class fields
- 04:20 PM Task #319 (Resolved): Update statistics/lists of user-defined fields in use in VegX and VegBIEN
- 01:25 PM Task #302: Make changes to VegBIEN schema
- I have applied most of Bob's changes to the VegBIEN schema, as well as many of Mark's suggestions. I posted a summary...
- 12:16 PM Task #317 (Rejected): Direct mapping from VegX to VegBIEN
- When complete, this will be a complete, generic mapping of all elements in VegX to all corresponding elements in VegB...
01/11/2012
- 11:08 AM Task #314: Import CTFS data
- e-mail from Brad Boyle on 2012-1-10:
Interesting observation. I must admit, I haven't inspected Shash's VegX yet, ...
01/10/2012
- 02:20 PM Task #314: Import CTFS data
- e-mail from Mark Schildhauer on 2012-1-10:
I think tt would be best (and certainly most scaleable) if the elements... - 01:20 PM Task #314: Import CTFS data
- Looking at Shash's VegX file, I noticed that she uses different VegX elements than we do for SALVIAS and NYBG data. F...
01/09/2012
- 04:44 PM Task #302: Make changes to VegBIEN schema
- Added new tables and moved/updated columns
- 04:44 PM Task #302: Make changes to VegBIEN schema
- I asked Bob a few questions about the new Collection table in the VegBIEN modifications:
* Is the Collection table m... - 11:40 AM Task #314: Import CTFS data
- I uploaded Shash's VegX file to vegbiendev at @/home/bien/svn/inputs/CTFS/src.VegX.xml@ .
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