Dear Garg ji, Tabish ji and members, This will be an important step, in the history of building up of a web-based plant database for our country with free access, in a size and magnitude which will reflect a good proportion of India's floristic wealth.
Tabish ji has been maintaining a standard style/format for description, distribution, common names, botanical name, photo and identification credits, etc. Hope that will be followed for all the additional elements too. The contributors can be asked for a higher resolution pictures if required for storing in the image database for future use & distribution. *I strongly suggest the botanical names (accepted + popular synonyms) should include author sitation* [as you know Ziziphus jujuba Lam & Z. jujuba Mill. are different; and you also know that there is lot of difference between Phyllanthus niruri L. and P. niruri auct. non L.]. Though the database can be searched by any word, the title should be the botanical name. (i stop here bcos the mail is becoming too long). I think, instead of getting blanket permission from each and every member, there can be a general statement as in the sites of Flowersofindia, wikipedia etc. Those who are not willing to share, will not post in the public group anyway. Once it is posted, it can be used by anyone but with proper acknowledgement. If anyone is not interested in sharing a posted image he/she has all the right to withdraw the image before it goes to the database. And the © mark can be imprinted on each image with photographer name and the web address. Thanks for the historical decision! Our support is always there with you all. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > Full permission for my all post on this site > > Regards > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt of Botany > Arya P G College Panipat > Haryana-132103 > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:48 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear members, >> *E-flora of India today have two main faces in the form of >> 'Efloraofindia' Database & 'Flowersofindia' website >> http://www.flowersofindia.net/.* >> 'Flowersofindia' website is handled by Tabish ji ( >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/d070afe59ce783b6?hl=en >> ). >> Both have its advantages & offers different facilities to anybody >> connected with Indian Flora. >> Lot of plants discussed on 'Efloraofindia' gets included on >> 'Flowersofindia' website with the permission of the members on their >> individual initiative. >> However lots of them don't feature on 'Flowersofindia' due to members >> not approaching Tabish ji (due to lack of time, awareness etc.). >> To serve Indian Flora in a better way, it is good that these plants are >> also incorporated on 'Flowersofindia' website. >> I think this hurdle can be overcome if the members posting give blanket >> permission here to use any of their posted photos on 'Flowersofindia' >> website. >> *In view, I request members to give their blanket permission here to use >> any of their posted photos on 'Flowersofindia' website.** >> *-- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, >> Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >> For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- >> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- With regards R. Vijayasankar National Center for Natural Products Research, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS-38677, USA. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
