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Towards a common approach to electronic Australasian floras

Towards a common approach to electronic Australasian floras. CHAH/HISCOM Workshop 3-4 December 2007. Why collaborate. Lessons of collaborations by herbaria Long tradition in Australasian herbaria Central Australian Flora, Flora of Australia, State Floras In IT HISPID HISCOM

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Towards a common approach to electronic Australasian floras

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  1. Towards a common approach to electronic Australasian floras CHAH/HISCOM Workshop3-4 December 2007

  2. Why collaborate • Lessons of collaborations by herbaria • Long tradition in Australasian herbaria • Central Australian Flora, Flora of Australia, State Floras • In IT • HISPID • HISCOM • Australia’s Virtual Herbarium • Shoestring  AVH partly  AVH2/EWS (Weeds CRC) • AVH Data Capture project - NHT • Australian Plant Census (APC) – Cwlth DEW • GBIF/TDWG • Species Profiles – weeds, EPBC act (Cwlth DEW) • Museums – Herbaria: Atlas of Living Australia (NCRIS)

  3. Aims of meeting • Seek collaboration in Efloras • Why the urgency • Raised early in 2007 • CHAH phone hookup in June/July 2007 • CHAH at AGM in September 2007 agreed to this meeting on basis of current eFlora projects: • Existing eFlora pushes • My driver: Flora of South Australia • Also Marine Flora of WA • To wait for ALA may take longer than anticipate – already delays

  4. Aims of meeting • Outcomes of collaboration in Efloras • Sharing of ideas  improved approaches • Ensure against going down cul de sacs • Cost savings • Avoiding double handling • Develop a roadmap for a common approach • resolution – only as much as we can provide • Data standard for interchange • Cf. AVH – each specimen database differs  HISPID5 data dictionary • cf. APC – traditional – are our censuses compatible?

  5. What we don’t want • Don’t lose sight of • current global developments • GBIF/TDWG • Encyclopedia of Life • Other global projects – Species Plantarum • The rich potential of the Atlas of Living Australia project

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