Re: [Treebase-devel] TreeBASE Taxon labels information page

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

Dear Ewald,

> I am trying to link my taxon labels to the names in uBio using the
> above-mentioned page in the new version of the TreeBASE submission tool.
> However, for many of the names I encounter the attached error page when I
> enter the NameBankID manually after looking it up on the uBio web site.

I investigated the issue using the nexus file you sent me, and it
turned out that the errors occurred in cases where we need to process
a response from the uBio web services, and the response does not
contain an NCBI identifier. I fixed this as per code revision 133,
which should appear on the web site the next time we reload our
server.

> Also, many of my taxon names (e.g. Blastacervulus eucalypti) I can find back
> easily in uBio but they do not automatically appear as options in TreeBASE
> when I click on "Taxon Label Editor" pencil button.

There is unfortunately very little we can do about this. The issue is
caused by the discrepancy between the uBio web site output and that of
its web services: we know certain names exist on the uBio website but
we can't get to them because they aren't being produced in a way that
our server can process.

> I am using a Macbook Pro running and up-to-date version of OS 10.5 with
> Firefox 3.0.3 as browser.
>
> Please let me know if I need to supply more information.

I believe we have addressed the issues you have encountered - to the
extent that we have control over them - thanks to the supporting
information (input file, stack trace) you have already provided. Your
feedback is what we need to improve the TreeBASE web site, so if
anything else comes up don't hesitate to contact us.

> Kind regards,
> Ewald
>
> J.Z. (Ewald) Groenewald, PhD
> Researcher: Evolutionary Phytopathology Group
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Best wishes,

Rutger Vos

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