[Treebase-devel] taxonomic query telecon

[Rutger V. <rut...@gm...>]

Hi,

Val & I have concluded we should have a telecon (or other discussion
format) about taxonomic queries.

The proliferation of possibilities is too big for us to solve. If a
client says "[...] where taxon=Primates [...]", what does that mean?
Match only against leaf nodes called Primates? Only match trees
containing only Primates? Etc. What about lists of taxa, or
(topologically) disjoint sets?

Also, what syntax do we use for this. Perhaps CQL isn't expressive
enough for this so we may need another mini-syntax inside a CQL query
(ideas floated: PhyloCode, NHX conventions).

Here's a doodle poll to pick a date/time: http://doodle.com/7x5aykszup954ysa

Rutger

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Dr. Rutger A. Vos
Department of zoology
University of British Columbia
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