Hi David
Terry will tell you his opinion - here my 2p as a systematist.
As a systematist, I am working with hierarchies,
Subspecies
Species
Genus
Family
Up
Check out
http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:210/hymenoptera/db_entry.by_taxon?taxon_na
me=2506&module=list_children2_html&text_entry=
And there you can go down to children, or up the hierarchy to partents.
But I am also working with synonyms, such as can be seen for Formica rufa
http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:8880/hymenoptera/nomenclator.name_entry?te
xt_entry=Formica+rufa&Submit=Submit+Query
Behind any of those names is a part (treatment) in a systematics
publication, which we are using as baseline for our facets.
Here is also a little instructive movie explaining the issue of synonyms,
taxonomic concepts, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA_9zofX1ME
Does this make sense?
Donat
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Hi Terry,
Could you just represent the data as you naturally/intuitively would?
I'd be interested to know what's natural/intuitive for you.
David
Terry Catapano wrote:
> David,
>
> I could provide you with an exhibit of species descriptions in which
> the species should be grouped under genera. How should the
> hierarchical facets be represented in the JSON data?
>
> /Terry
>
> On Dec 8, 2007 6:35 PM, David Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Mark Feblowitz wrote:
>>
>>> I strongly second this. Simple facets push all such natural
>>> hierarchies into much less natural property structures. I suspect
>>> many of us would appreciate some kind of hierarchical representation of
facets.
>>>
>>>
>> Let's work together on this: If you could provide me with an exhibit
>> with data in need of hierarchical facets and tell me how such facets
>> should work, then I'll try to implement it. It's always better to work
>> with realistic data.
>>
>>
>>> While we're waiting, are there any good examples out there of using
>>> properties as a surrogate to facet structuring?
>>>
>>>
>> I'm not sure what you meant... Could you explain?
>>
>> David
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