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Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
> webmaster@pfaf.org wrote:
>
>
> >         http://82.138.219.137/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page
> > a semantically marked up wiki with the pfaf and a few other datasets in.
>
>
> I am curious about something here.
>
> http://82.138.219.137/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page
>
> Properties
>      Habit
>      Height
>      Width
>
> It looks like width here means caliper so shouldn't it say that
> and specify inch or metric measuremen? Also, what about multistem plants like
> some specimen river birch with two or more trunks branching at ground level
> (hard to measure accurate caliper here).
Height and width are in metres. I Don't understand about calipers, maybe 
a US term? The width is generally the diameter of the whole plant not 
the the trunk.

Anyway, a great chance to experiment with a wiki-format. Find the page 
where it would be helpful to list the units and click ''edit''.

        Rich

p.s. Sorry for intermitant access the DB is on my home PC which has 
intermitant access.
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