pcplantdb

["John Schinnerer" <john@eco-living.net>]

Aloha,

Not sure exactly what you mean by regroup...we may have entirely different
understandings of this...I'll give a few examples of what I mean.

In advanced search right now, if I search on Plant Uses for 'timber' or
'fodder' I get zero results (all other fields empty).
This I assume is because there are no plants  that indicate fodder or
timber uses in the current data set.

I would want to be able to search on 'termite resistant timber' and 'goat
fodder', as more sophisticated examples.
I would also want to be able to enter such info when adding a plant or
adding info to an existing plant, as 'outputs'.

If I do advanced search on plant uses for 'tonic' I get 600+ results.
In the summary text that is returned, and in the references linked in the
summary text, I do not find any information on use of the plant as a tonic
(of whatever sort).
I admit I only checked the first three result items.  However if it were
visible anywhere I would assume it would be in the top results for sure.
So what is up with this??
If I search on plant uses for 'tonic' and get results, I expect to see
info on use as tonic in the result data...??
Is this because we are only returning some kind of limited summary thus
far, that does not necessarily include the actual info asked for?
Or...what??

Hej då,
John S.

> So, on that note, and considering what is in the DB as it stands take a
> look at Chad's advanced search @
> http://dev.permaculture.info/advanced.html
> As a starting point, could we regroup these, or most of these into
> inputs-outputs?
> As I see it:
> Inputs:
> Hardiness
> Suitable Locations
> Tolerates
> Prefers
>
> Outputs:
> Fast growing Slow growing Fixes nitrogen Scented flowers Provides food
> for wildlife
> Uses
...

John Schinnerer - MA, Whole Systems Design
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