pcplantdb

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

Chad Knepp wrote:

> I don't think anyone is suggesting that we do something different pre
> 1.0/Threshold commitment.  On the other hand, I think that when we
> have the necessary infrastructure to handle plants and their
> interrelationships well, it will be a fairly simple matter to add the

> structure for animals, articles, etc.  I don't think this would
> detract from the over all goals of PIW in anyway and may end up
> creating the wikipedia of permaculture (my dream anyway).

Right on!

> One of the ways I see PIW moving is to more of an onion type data
> model.  While the permaculturalist may spend a lot of time on one
> layer of the dataset specifically the Genus species level.  The market
> gardener/farmer may spend most of their time on the cultivar level of
> particular plants.  Individuals involved with large scale land
> management may look at layers of information on the guild/plant
> community level. 

This sounds very worthwhile.