[Taxacom] Practical Taxon Concept Software

[Anthony Pigott]

Thanks for the responses. I'll try to be a bit more specific. I'd like to be
able to record and organise the various names that taxa have been given in
different treatments so that I can in due course produce a 'preferred
taxonomy with synonymy, etc., as traditionally done in a monograph, I
suppose, but also to be able to compare and demonstrate alternative
treatments in a neutral way.  The immediate target is the Dryopteris affinis
complex in the ferns, which is a  particularly nomenclaturally-tangled
asexual species complex in which most taxa have been given a wealth of names
at various levels and with various circumscriptions. I thought it would be
useful way to approach it especially as I'm interested in the idea of
databases holding multiple taxonomies (alternative treatments) rather than
the more traditional method of just holding one preferred view with
synonymy.

Regards

Anthony

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu]On Behalf Of Roger Hyam
> Sent: 28 October 2007 20:52
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: [Taxacom] Practical Taxon Concept Software
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>
>
> Anthony,
>
> I'd be interested to know your requirements a little better. Why do
> you want to track the taxonomies? Are you creating a monograph or
> flora/fauna or do you need it to accurately integrate ecological or
> other studies?
>
> The chances are you don't just want Taxon Concept software but want
> software to do something "useful" that just happens to handle Taxon
> Concepts data correctly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger
>
>
>
>
> On 28 Oct 2007, at 17:00, taxacom-request at mailman.nhm.ku.edu wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:03:14 -0000
> > From: "Anthony Pigott" <Anthony.Pigott at btinternet.com>
> > Subject: [Taxacom] Practical Taxon Concept Software
> > To: "Taxacom" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
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> > Does anyone have experience of the practical use of software
> > supporting the
> > creation and use of a database for recording multiple taxonomies,
> > i.e. taxon
> > concepts, publication-based, etc.?  I've tried a few of the
> > examples that
> > various people have built and made available for download but so
> > far I've
> > not found anything that works sufficiently well (or at all,
> > sometimes) for
> > practical use. Thanks.
> >
> > Anthony
>
>
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