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[Stephanie Gerson <sgerson@stanfordalumni.org>]

QUICK RESPONSE TO LAWRENCE IN CAPS:

Relationships matching could, in reality,  become  the heart of PIW or 
at least one of its most popular and most
often used features. 
BECOME THE HEART?  IT *IS* THE HEART ;)

Looking at the big picture, Any User Anywhere, 
gardener, farmer, landscaper, planner, designer, architect,
contractor, etc., etc. could find it an invaluable tool. Other than 
plant relationships one might need relationships info on many topics.
A farmer might want to know what the _relationship_ between rotten 
silage and rotten manure, spoiled hay and wood shavings,
for land application to build fertility, tilth and biological activity 
in the soil. Maybe there are reasons not to apply silage and manure at 
the same time
or shavings and silage or there might be a relationship (a positive one) 
between rock dusts and manure, or silage for land application.
Since this is a PERMACULTURE information _web_ database with 
relationships matching then info of this sort could become really useful,
along with plant info, to many people  around the world. Building a soil 
amendments data collection integrated into the db dataset would
be something users should be encouraged to do.  This could be done 
through direct user input and by using xml to glean data from many other 
data sources, databases and
a variety of archives (I have a number of these as mail2html/Hypermail 
or Mhonarc), text, html, ftp and mailing list (compost tea, sanet and 
the permaculture list).

I wonder what Stephanie thinks of extending PIW functionality and data 
gathering into this area since she was interested in SARE funding for 
PIW use by market farmers
at one time.
YES, I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS POSSIBILITY.  AND STILL AM.  BUT AFTER
DISCUSSING WITH FOLKS AND DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH, I DECIDED IT'S SOMETHING TO
PURSUE IN THE FUTURE ONCE WE HAVE SOMETHING SOLID.  


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Stephanie Gerson
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