Forwarding pl. for discussion in the matter. She has just joined as one of our members. Feedback is most welcome.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mary Barkworth <[email protected]> Date: 20 January 2013 20:50 Subject: RE: [Taxacom] efloraofindia ([email protected]) To: "J.M. Garg (Google Sites)" <[email protected]> Dear Dr. Garg, I have just applied to join the eflora India group and explained that my primary interest is in enabling herbaria to share information. The web site that I mention there ( the address currently is http://usuherbarium.usu.edu/vpopen) is open to any herbarium although only one of those listed has contributed a record. There is a reason for this - I found that I had made an error in uploading names which took a long time to correct because each name had to be corrected individually. I would really like to help Indian herbaria start digitizing. Of course, once India has a web site for its herbaria, I would encourage data from India to be made available through that site, then to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. But one has to start somewhere and VPOpen would enable herbaria to get started, to learn what is involved, and to help those working on the Flora of India by providing information about where specimens are located - or are thought to be located, possibly on the basis of a misidentification. At the same time, web site can create resources that are immediately useful to botanists and students, particularly if they include images. The site is rather different from the Efi site in its emphasis on herbarium specimens and in its incorporation of features that make it easy for people to use - these are best appreciated by going to http://intermountainbiota.org (I made a mistake in my note of application). The intent of the site is to support work towards development of floras by helping provide access to records while making it easy for botanists to share their discoveries and local knowledge. It would be really helpful if I could be given, or allowed to download, a list of the taxa currently known to be part of India's flora. The software allows herbaria to enter data through the internet but the scientific name must be in the site's data dictionary - hence my request. If you have any questions, please send them to me. I should perhaps add that I am a taxonomist, not a computer programmer. Sincerely, Mary Barkworth -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of J.M. Garg (Google Sites) Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Taxacom] efloraofindia ([email protected]) I've shared an item with you: efloraofindia https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/?invite=CILpl5kJ It's not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open this document, just click the link above. _______________________________________________ Taxacom Mailing List [email protected] http://mailman.nhm.ku.edu/mailman/listinfo/taxacom The Taxacom archive going back to 1992 may be searched with either of these methods: (1) by visiting http://taxacom.markmail.org (2) a Google search specified as: site:mailman.nhm.ku.edu/pipermail/taxacom your search terms here -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 members & 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
