Combined Schedule

September 11-12; MONDAY 8:30-5:00; TUESDAY 8:30-4:30

Meeting of ecologists.
Develop, revise & finalize requirements document

Participants: Ton Damman, Don Faber-Langendoen, Denny Grossman, John Harris, Stephan Hennekens, Mike Jennings, Matt Jones, Robert Peet, Steve Taswell, Marilyn Walker.

What to do to prepare?

Create list of database uses, organized by user groups

Create list of potential queries

Compile list of requirements for interface tools

Read the description of the data model

All of the following are expected to be discussions rather than simple presentations.
The time allocations are guesses and subject to adaptive management.

Monday

8:30 Introduction – Mike Jennings

Greeting

Review of project goals

Review of recent activities (July 1 to present)

Meeting goals, objectives & agenda

9:00 Uses and Applications – Marilyn Walker

Who are the user groups?

What are the uses (both near-term and long-term)?

What are the basic queries?

What would users like to extract as derivative datasets?

10:00 Break

10:15 Overview of the merging data model – John Harris

11:15 Detailed discussion of the plots requirements – Robert Peet

1. Overview of tasks and time allocation

2. General requirements:

Types of fields -- required, recommended, user defined

Change tracking

Memos & notes

Metastuff

12:00 Lunch

1:00 plots requirements continued …

3. Project fields

Sample methods

Cover values

4.      Plot fields

Attributes

Location

Confidentiality

Management notes (e.g. effort level, quality, etc.)

3:00 Break

Plot types

Plot size & shape

New NVC requirements?

Uniformity

Classification assignments

5. Replicate observations in time and space

6.      Species lists

5:00 Adjourn

Evening Taswell, Jones, Peet and Harris meet to discuss plots data model

Tuesday

8:30 Plot requirements continued …

6. Species attributes

Cover by strata

Tree data

10:30 Break

10:45 7. Contributors

8. Recommended environmental data

11:30 Interface tools – Dennis Grossman

1. Near-term vs long-term applications

2.      Query database

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Interface tools continued …

3. Extract from database

4. Prepare plots for submission (including species ID)

5. Submit plots; include list of loaders required for legacy datasets

6. Maintain and manipulate local subsets of the data

7. Web interface

2:45 Break

3:00 Database Interfaces – Dennis Grossman

1.      Species databases

2. Community databases

3. Capability for other external linkages

4:30 Demonstration of TurboVeg expert system – Stephan Hennekens

6:00 Adjourn

Evening Taswell, Jones, Peet & Harris meet to discuss taxonomy data model

Day 3: September 13; WEDNESDAY 8:30-5:00

Ecologists talk with technologists;
discuss requirements document

Participants: Ton Damman, Rod Davidson, Don Faber-Langendoen, Ben Goodkind, Denny Grossman, John Harris, Stephan Hennekens, Paula Huddleston, Mike Jennings, Matt Jones, Robert Peet, Tom Philippi, Jim Reichman, Mark Schaefer, Mark Schildhauer, Steve Taswell, Marilyn Walker.

8:30 Introduction – Mike Jennings

Overview of goals and expectations for the day’s meeting

Objectives and overview of the project

Institutional context

9:00 Overview of the vegetation classification enterprise – Dennis

9:15 Overview of data flow – Robert Peet

9:30 Overview of plant taxonomy requirements – Robert Peet

9:45 Overview of HDMS – Steve Taswell

10:15 Break

10:30 Overview of draft data model – John Harris

11:15 Comments of Mark Schaefer, Ben Goodkind &Jim Reichman

11:45 Lunch

12:45 Uses and Applications – Marilyn Walker

1:30 Plot fields – Robert Peet

3:15 Break

3:30 Interface tools – Dennis Grossman

4:00 Database interfaces – Dennis Grossman

4:30 Discussion

5:30 Adjourn

Days 4 & 5: September 14-15; THURSDAY 8:30-5:00, FRIDAY 8:30-5:00

Technologists discuss and revise plot data model and interfaces

Participants: Ton Damman, Rod Davidson, John Harris, Stephan Hennekens, Paula Huddleston, Matt Jones, Robert Peet, Tom Philippi, Mark Schildhauer, Steve Taswell.

What to do to prepare?

Read the description of the data model

Think about interface with other databases

Thursday

8:30 Introduction and expectations – Robert Peet

8:45 Discussion of the HDMS data model – Steve Taswell

10:30 Break

10:45 Discussion of the plots data model – John Harris

Overview & approach

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Discussion of the plots data model continued …

Architecture and implementation

3:15 Break

3:30 Discussion of the plots data model continued …

Communication with HDMS, ITIS, TERRA

5:00 Adjourn

Friday

8:30 Discussion of the plots data model continued …

Revise Logical Model

Conversion of logical model to physical model

12:15 Lunch

1:15 Issues related to development of interfaces

3:15 Break

3:30 Summarize questions regards requirement that remain to be answered

5:00 Adjourn