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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: pcplantdb <pcplantdb@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [pcplantdb] More geeky (and graphy) stuff
  • Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:12:06 -0400

Bear Kaufmann wrote:

Hi all,

Congrats on the letter from Encarta to PFAF. It'd definitely increase visibility to a lot of users (and draw eyes from folk looking for the name of cabbage).

Last night I searched around, and played with some graphing engines, and producing dynamic XML from the database on the fly.
Here, I'm finding all the uses used by a plant Family, then graphing it out. You can start to see the connections/relatedness in terms of use.

Check out:
http://www.permaculture.info/test/graph/perfuse_dev.php

Very nice. I just installed Java for WinXP and saw the graph.
Myrica Cerifera wax myrtle bayberry
native to the mid Atlantic coastal regions
medicinal uses, wonderful landscape shrub-tree, hedge, habitat
wonderfully fragrant leaves; the waxy berries are used to make candles,
a Southern tradition (referred to as bayberry candles)





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