User talk:Gregor Hagedorn
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>Species-ID is dedicated to publish and integrate open species descriptions and identification tools. The ultimate goal is to enable the identification of all living organisms on earth.<
I wonder if we can make the scope a bit more general to include other types of information in addition to strictly descriptive/diagnostic, e.g. faunistic, bionomic, etc? Also, I'm not sure it is good to have something unattainable as an ultimate goal?
Suggested rewording:
The goal of Species-ID is to offer a dynamic and authoritative open access resource for biodiversity information, with an emphasis on descriptive/diagnostic tools to facilitate identification.
Stephen Thorpe 03:58, 21 March 2011 (CET)
- I have thought about the unattainable as well. I like your rewording and largely accepted it. Thanks a lot for your collaboration and contributions to the platform! I appreciate your feedback on the changed version! --Gregor Hagedorn 08:57, 21 March 2011 (CET)
- >of the living organisms on earth< ... this sounds like it excludes extinct/fossil species, which we don't want to exclude! This is why I shifted to talking about "biodiversity information" ... Stephen Thorpe 23:59, 22 March 2011 (CET)
- good point. On the other side, the biodiversity information sounded too abstract to me. "of the organisms on earth" - leaving away the living - or does that sound odd to you? Or: "of species on earth"? I tried the latter for the moment, but look forward to your feedback. --Gregor Hagedorn 00:05, 23 March 2011 (CET)
- the only problem with "species on Earth" is that "species" is a general term, also used elsewhere, so "biological species" is better, but I figure everyone understands what "biodiversity information" means Stephen Thorpe 00:15, 23 March 2011 (CET)
- Not everyone understands biodiversity, still not, but I hope in combination it is clear now. Thank you! --Gregor Hagedorn 01:01, 24 March 2011 (CET)
- the only problem with "species on Earth" is that "species" is a general term, also used elsewhere, so "biological species" is better, but I figure everyone understands what "biodiversity information" means Stephen Thorpe 00:15, 23 March 2011 (CET)
- good point. On the other side, the biodiversity information sounded too abstract to me. "of the organisms on earth" - leaving away the living - or does that sound odd to you? Or: "of species on earth"? I tried the latter for the moment, but look forward to your feedback. --Gregor Hagedorn 00:05, 23 March 2011 (CET)
- >of the living organisms on earth< ... this sounds like it excludes extinct/fossil species, which we don't want to exclude! This is why I shifted to talking about "biodiversity information" ... Stephen Thorpe 23:59, 22 March 2011 (CET)
