DA_09APR12

Agenda

Progress report

Big Trees:

  • John Cazes offered to check with Robert McLay to push WINDJAMMER manuscript
  • Pam & Doug might have dataset for Robert to use fro a WINDJAMMER publication
  • Publication in Advances in Bioinformatics (but Todd Vision avise against because the publisher is known for starting low quality publications)

Perpetually updating tree:

  • Testing big data sets
  • Need service to subset tree programmatically

TNRS

  • Discussion with GNA (Dmtry Mozzherin, David Shorthouse), see report
  • TNRS 3.0 code complete ETA: April 30th

TR

  • Ready to load test data in DB, services + GUI still need to be updated (est. Apr 23rd)
  • Additional sources: IPNI/Plant List would be nice, but other strategy is to go for high quality content (Monographs, floras and checklists)

My-Plant

  • Re-invigoration strategy: broader base (i.e. not only phylogeneticists) + more dynamic content. Shannon to help with content.
  • Suggestion: Linking with Open ToL (Doug and Karen) and possibly TNRS

TreeViz

  • Naim, Dan, Steve and Karen to have a meeting on April 12th. Dan identified a possible developer at TACC.
  • Work to be done: mapping interface (could be connected to analyses) and aesthetics (+ tweaks)
  • Could be base for Open ToL Viz.