Minutes from OpenKey Software meeting—1/16/2003
11:00-12:30 Manning 214
a.
Sarah—From a
systems end, Bibe is appealing. Bryan can
help us set up a copy of Bibe in our ibiblio space and will be available for
questions in the future. Other packages
are not well documented and the team would be hard pressed to find people who
could answer questions about the software, if problems arise. Bibe is free and
open source. Ibiblio is already using much of the software needed for the
backend. Bryan’s team is also constantly improving and updating the software.
b.
Steve &
Alan—Bibe has some good features from the botany end; however, the team had
reservations about the interface. It is
not very intuitive. Steve demonstrated IntKey, which has more desirable features.
Yet, IntKey is built on the Delta database structure, which was dropped as a
standard two years ago.
c.
Jane &
Evelyn—No one on the UNC team is a software expert and more time is needed to
make a decision. UNC will create XML files to give to the UIUC team to be
included in Bibe there. So, a key will be made at UIUC regardless of whether
UNC makes a separate key. Online keys vs. keys that are downloaded to run on
users’ computers— this decision has been postponed, but Bryan’s key will be
accessible via the Internet.
Interactive Visual Polyclave Plant Keys should have the following
features: Ø Select characters/values in any order Ø Error tolerance (when user gets something dead wrong, system should not care) Ø Approximate matching (matrix has examples) Ø Characteristic priority; dynamic reordering Ø Differentiating characteristics Ø Diagnostic characteristics |