[Taxacom] Taxacom Digest, Vol 8, Issue 13

[Eric Gouda]

taxacom-request at mailman.nhm.ku.edu wrote:

>Message: 3
>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:45:27 -0500
>From: "Paul J. Morris" <mole at morris.net>
>Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Atlantis Botanic Gardens Taxonomic Database
>To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>Message-ID: <20061115114527.3a65ca77.mole at morris.net>
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>Eric,
>
>   Several others are doing the same sort of thing.  Unless the database
>is on the same machine as the client, or the taxonomic tree is small,
>designing how data is loaded into the tree control involves tradeoffs
>resulting from network transport time.  Both BioLink and the OBIS
>Indo-Pacific Mollusc project's database tool use tree controls to browse
>the taxonomic heirarchy, but approach the problem differently. 
>
Thanks, it is good to see that there are more databases with an advanced 
approach to Taxon data. Does the software calculate the Taxon names like 
in Atlantis BG?
It is not always nice to work using the tree, that is why Atlantis BG. 
has the possibility to change the settings of what you want to see in 
the Taxon tree.
For each Taxon level (rank) there is a check box to show or not show it 
in the taxon tree and also for synonyms (especially for higher levels it 
is not always nice to have all the synonyms visible). Normally we use 
the tree starting with the family names and hide higher levels.

Best,
Eric

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