[Taxacom] i4Life Call for Pilot Projects

[Stephen Thorpe]

>I can't see many taxonomists volunteering <
 
yes, but they are not being asked to "volunteer" ... there is money in it for them ...
 
I expect it is a case of the primary purpose of the exercise being to pump money through the system, and if they manage to clear up a few names along the way, then even better! :)


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From: Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz>
To: Thierry Bourgoin <bourgoin at mnhn.fr> 
Cc: TAXACOM <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> 
Sent: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] i4Life Call for Pilot Projects

Dear Thierry,

A taxonomist's ability to interpret harvested names usefully without
context is very limited.  Unless the exact context in the form of a
clickable direct link to the original usage (not an aggregator site) on
the web is provided, I can't see many taxonomists volunteering to take on
examining name lists. It's just too time-consuming and frustrating (I've
done it - unwillingly). Does a good context link come too? It is
essential.

Geoff Read

On Tue, July 24, 2012 6:58 pm, Thierry Bourgoin wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Just read again the call as it seems you have misunderstood it.
>
> The purpose of the call is to complete the COL with several millions of
> names already collected and sorted during i4Life first step, and to go
> now, through the GSDs, to get these names sorted to valid species names by
> their taxonomic community, (re-)placed within a global classification, and
> only when this done, re-sent to CoL that will harvest them for its
> completion.



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