Who am I? Cyndy Parr Ontology Developer Skeptic (middleman & user?) Behavior Semantic Prototypes in Research Ecoinformatics
Why ontologies? SPIRE LepTree EOL “What are the body weights of mammalian predators of invasive fish?” Thought they might be useful ????
Tools SPIRE LepTree EOL Protégé & Swoop, hand-coding, Triple Shop, RDF Customized Drupal modules, Excel, Sesame triple store ????
Roadblocks SPIRE LepTree EOL Availability of other data Tool development, sociology Priorities
Vision SPIRE LepTree EOL Cross-walk glossaries, explore EvoDevo patterns Help others find & integrate data, quality checks?
Collaborators SPIRE LepTree UMBC: Tim Finin, Joel Sachs, Li Ding, UMCP: David Wang, RMBL: Neo Martinez, Rich Williams, Jennifer Dunne, UC Davis: Jim Quinn, Allan Hollander, Animal Diversity Web: Phil Myers, Roger Espinosa UMD: Charlie Mitter, Jerry Regier, Mike Cummings, John Park SI: Don Davis, John Brown, U Minn: Susan Weller
The Biodiversity Heritage Library The Field Museum of Natural History The Missouri Botanical Garden The Marine Biological Laboratory Harvard University The Smithsonian Institution EOL Cornerstone Institutions
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