2012-08-03 conference call¶

Topics¶

Switching to VegCSV¶

• would like to have conference call with Nick Spencer and Matt Jones in the last two weeks of August
• important that it's a vocabulary of terms like DwC
• requires "reversing" XPaths so that they start with location instead of plantobservation or specimenreplicate
  • this allows the separate plots/organisms/stems/specimens "tables" to be merged into one list of terms

Merging of the separate plots/organisms/stems/specimens map spreadsheets¶

• simplifies mapping
• enables having a single map spreadsheet for all VegCSV terms, which is a superset of the DwC mapping
• user provides dependency ordering of their CSVs
  • subfolders of src for each input "table", sorted by prefixing name with a #
  • via format defaults to DwC (later VegCSV), unless custom format specified using =<format> in subfolder name

Conference calls¶

• no call next Friday
  • Bob away (but available the following Friday), Brad might be away, Martha will be coming back from Texas then
• next call on Th 8/16 or Fr 8/17
  • separate from VegCSV conference call above
• Friday conference calls will likely stay at current time in the fall
  • Bob's teaching schedule will most likely allow time on Fridays

To do¶

1. Reverse XPaths so that they start with location instead of plantobservation or specimenreplicate
2. Develop VegX->VegCSV mapping
3. Apply VegX->VegCSV mapping to VegX datasources
4. Merge separate tables of map spreadsheets
5. Custom CSV dependency ordering mechanism that replaces the current plots>organisms>stems>specimens ordering: see VegCSV CSV representation