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Title: DEVELOPING SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTORS AND CONTAINMENT HIERARCHIES FOR MAIZE

Author
item VINCENT, P - UNIV OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
item COE JR, EDWARD
item CONE, K - UNIV OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
item KROSS, H - UNIV OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA

Submitted to: Maize Genetics Conference Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/17/2000
Publication Date: 3/17/2000
Citation: VINCENT, P.L., COE JR, E.H., CONE, K., POLACCO, M.L., KROSS, H. DEVELOPING SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTORS AND CONTAINMENT HIERARCHIES FOR MAIZE. MAIZE GENETICS CONFERENCE. 2000. ABSTRACT P. 80.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The Systematic Descriptors component of the Missouri Maize Project aims to provide descriptors in appropriate 'containment hierarchies' (biological terms, their relationships and associations) for maize. We wish to design a structure that has contributions from scientists studying maize and many other plant species. Databases comprising all sorts of information on monocots and dicots will need to be increasingly interoperable to facilitate future concurrent searches of these databases and so be helpful to a wide range of end-users. Developing systematic descriptors in containment hierarchies which accommodate maize data is a challenge in itself. But, developing a structure that can accommodate present and future data from other monocot and dicot taxa, is another very relevant and stimulating challenge. An overview has been developed and the framework is being assembled. We are seeking feedback on the framework and content. NSF award 9872655.