pcplantdb

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Scott Pittman wrote:

> Please, please let's keep the pcplantdb list completely separate from 
> the public list or we will never get anything done, we have enough 
> trouble with 5 -6, no more unless they are critical to the db development.

They are completely separate. I do not advertise this tech dev list anywhere 
and few already know about it.

> I envision the public list as a list where a carefully crafted 
> description of what we are attempting is written as an introduction, and 

We need to write that soon.

> that we put out a call for data sources which can be screened and put 
> into a mailing list which will allow us to solicite information when the 
> db is ready to accept it.

It would be a good idea to start that process in the permaculture list.

> It might be good to put out the different considerations for fields that 
> we have discussed and see if we have missed anything.
> I got into the pcplantdb late so I'm not sure what was discussed before 
> I arrived, so forgive my ignorance.  It seems that this db is far more 

You got in at the right time; some of the best discussion has happened lately.

> extensive than what I thought the grant proposal outlined.  I thought we 
> were talking about a plant guild  data base, and now it seems we are 
> talking about permaculture "soup to nuts", which is huge.  I don't have 
> anything against going for the whole thing but does it make sense to do 
> it in bite size chunks, ie first plant guilds, then water , then 
> patterns, then ....  I could be wrong but to start off with the whole 
> magilla  seems a little overwhelming, but I'm not a programmer, so you 
> tell me.

If it is a relationships database then by its very nature it should include 
everything.
Creating objects with information is a big job. Transitioning from PFAF's 
plants DB to a relationships
DB with plants, water, soil, patterns, guilds and more may be quite a 
programming job though.
I think of the relationships aspect as the third dimension in a two 
dimensional world.

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