Thanks Gurcharan ji Your continued efforts will definitely show results some day. A very positive response. Seems to be one step ahead.
Dr Satish Phadke On 25 November 2013 21:53, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Gurcharan ji for your efforts. Being a global database, and also > 'done on a voluntary basis', TPL may have its own difficulties and > limitations. Being a regular user of TPL, I am shocked to know that it is > 'static' and not dynamic. > > I wonder if TPL can be open to us at eFI so that we can contribute by > editing/updating its records wherever possible. Of course, the edits will > be peer-reviewed by TPL before being finally published in the database. > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear friends >> Here is the response which should help members to decide how much we >> expect from the Second Version of The Plant List. >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: tpl_edit <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 7:34 PM >> Subject: RE: New version of The Plant List >> To: Bob Allkin <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" < >> [email protected]> >> Cc: tpl_edit <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear Dr Singh, thanks for your comments. I just wanted to add to the >> response of my colleague regarding the limitations of the Plant list. We >> have always tried to be open about these and in the next version we have >> added the following paragraph to the ‘about’ pages of the next version. >> Thanks again for all your comments. Best wishes, Alan >> Limitations >> >> The Plant List is not perfect and represents work in progress. Data >> comes from a variety of sources which are both monographic (global) and >> regional in scope. These data sources vary in the extent to which >> comprehensive synonymy is included, their stage of development (proximity >> to publication) and the degree to which they have been exposed to peer >> review. The Plant List indicates the confidence which can be given to >> the status of a particular name record using a star >> rating<http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/about/#confidence>. >> Around 20% of names are >> unresolved<http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/about/#unresolved>indicating >> that, considered collectively, the data sources included >> provided insufficient evidence as to whether the name should be treated as >> accepted <http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/about/#accepted> or not. >> >> The Plant List is static. It is neither updated regularly from the >> original data sources, nor edited directly. Data was extracted from source >> databases in May 2012 and thus records included here may differ from their >> current equivalent records in the source database from which they were >> taken. Where you suspect errors in The Plant List, please first check >> the source databases where corrections may have already been made. Feedback >> and corrections pertaining to records in The Plant List are passed on to >> the source database for consideration. If accepted by the source database >> they may be incorporated in a future version of The Plant List. We do >> not edit or revise the content of The Plant List directly. >> >> There exist other reliable authoritative sources of taxonomic opinion for >> some groups or some regions which we simply did not have the time or >> resources to include in this version of The Plant List. Our ambition is >> for future versions to be more inclusive and comprehensive. Although The >> Plant List may be the most comprehensive single information resource >> covering all plants, it is imperfect and not all the taxonomic decisions >> contained derive from a peer reviewed, curated, authoritative source. The >> Plant List therefore should only be treated as advisory. Other, more >> authoritative lists may exist for particular regions or taxa. >> >> >> >> >> >> Dr Alan Paton >> >> Assistant Keeper, Biodiversity Information and Economic Botany >> >> Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives >> >> Royal Botanic Gardens Kew >> >> TW9 3AB >> >> UK >> >> +44 (0)208 332 5295 >> >> >> >> *From:* Bob Allkin >> *Sent:* 23 November 2013 16:52 >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Cc:* tpl_edit >> *Subject:* FW: New version of The Plant List >> >> >> >> >> >> Dear Dr Singh >> >> >> >> your email was forwarded to me. >> >> We are pleased that you find TPL useful. We are painfully aware of its >> limitations. >> >> >> >> We know that the second version will be a great improvement on Version 1. >> It is currently delayed for a week for want of some extra computer memory. >> However we are equally certain that it will not resolve all of your >> correction and wishes. Some of the issues you raise are better handled than >> before but not perfectly. We are only able to present data as sent to us. >> >> >> >> All corrections sent to us will have been forwarded to the owner/editor >> of the database from which that record derives. Whether or not those >> suggestions were included in the database I cannot tell. We have ambitions >> for making TPL very much better but the whole project is done on a >> voluntary basis. If you have suggestions as to how we might find resources >> to improve it then I would be delighted to hear from you >> >> >> >> thanks for your interest and please do continue to send corrections we >> will forward to the relevant institution. >> >> best regards >> >> Bob >> >> >> >> Dr Bob Allkin >> >> Information Products Manager, >> >> RBG Kew, TW9 4AB >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> From: Gurcharan Singh[SMTP:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 4:10:11 AM >> To: tpl_edit; [email protected] >> Subject: New version of The Plant List >> Auto forwarded by a Rule >> >> Dear sir >> >> With the release of The Plant List in 2010 taxonomists around the world >> were greatly relieved with the hope of finding accepted names at one place. >> Unfortunately there were more conflicts than solutions. I have already sent >> more than 1000 corrections in seven separate mails. Hope these are others >> communicated by rest of the taxonomic community are taken care of in >> compiling the second list which as we understand would be online shortly. >> >> Following need urgent attention in the second list >> >> 1. Long list of unresolved names. >> >> 2. Listing of several subspecies and varieties (which is always welcome) >> but not mentioning the autonym. >> >> 2. Mention of autonyms (Brassica juncea subsp. juncea) but no other >> subspecies or variety is listed as accepted name. An autonym is created >> only when some other subspecies or variety is recognised. When we don't >> recognise any other subspecies, B. juncea subsp. juncea is redundant. >> >> 3. several cases of name combinations (there are thousands of examples in >> the First List) where no synonym is listed, not even the basionym. >> >> 4. Numerous examples in which author name is given after the autonym >> epithet, It is well known fact that autonyms are automatically created and >> won't bear author name. >> >> >> >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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