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1996 PEET Workshop on Information Acquisition and Dissemination
University of Kansas Natural History Museum
Lawrence, KS
September 12-15, 1996


Participants

Biodiversity of Australasian Ground Spiders

Biogeography, Morphology and Molecular Systematics of Cumaceans: Training Taxonomists for the 21st Century

Diatom Systematics and the Great Lakes Diatom Flora

Filamentous Ascomycetes and Monographic Studies on Sarcoscyphineae Fungi

Inventory, Systematics and Phylogeny of Sea Anemones: Training of Modern Systematists and Electronic Dissemination of Data

Monographic and Phylogenetic Investigation of the Fossombroniineae (Hepaticophyta)

Monographic Research in Agaricales and Aphyllophorales (Basidiomycotina,Fungi)

Monographic Research in the Diptera

Monographic Studies of the Coccidia of the World

Monographs of Two Key Genera and Family-Level Phylogeny (Fungi, Ascomycetes,Sordariales)

Monography of the Diphyllidea, Lecanicephalidea and Tetraphyllidea: A Program to Train the Cestodologists of the Future

Parasitoid Wasps the Insect Family Scelionidae (Hymenoptera)

Partnerships in Aleocharine Systematics (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): Phylogeny of Basal Lineages and Identification of North American and Mexican Genera

Revision of the Cirolanidae (Crustaceae: Peracarida: Isopoda), with Monographs on Selected Genera and a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Family

Systematics of Amphipod Crustaceans in the Families Crangonyctidae and Hadziidae

Systematics, Ontogeny and Ecology of the Family Acaridae (Acari: Astigmata)

Taxonomic Monographs of Meteoriaceae Mosses

Taxonomy and Co-evolution of Trichomycetes (Gut-Inhabiting Fungi) and their Chironomidae (Diptera) Hosts

*Not in attendance

Training in Taxonomy of the Aplacophora, Deep-Sea Mollusks

Training of Taxonomists for Monographic and Database Research on Tortricine Moths

World Monograph of the Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera)

*Not in attendance

Additional Participants 

Beach, James - Observer/Instructor
Institution: National Science Foundation 
    Krishtalka, Kris - Observer 
    Institution: University of Kansas 
Blum, Stan - Instructor
Institution: Bishop Museum 
    Lane, Meredith - Observer 
    Institution: National Science Foundation 
Brigham, Allison - Instructor
Institution: ITIS/USGS 
    Lang, Carolyn - Staff 
    Institution: University of Kansas 
Chapin, Barry - Staff 
Institution: University of Kansas
    Maglia, Anne - Student 
    Institution: University of Kansas 
Chung, Joseph - Staff 
Institution: University of Kansas 
    O'Kelly, Charles - Observer 
    Institution: National Science Foundation 
Dallwitz, Mike - Instructor 
Institution: CSIRO 
    Rodman, Jim - Observer 
    Institution: National Science Foundation 
Fuselier, Linda - Staff 
Institution: University of Kansas 
    Schalk, Peter - Instructor 
    Institution: ETI 
Humphries, Julian - Instructor 
Institution: University of Kansas 
    Stites, Amanda - Staff 
    Institution: University of Kansas 
Kaesler, Roger - Instructor 
Institution: University of Kansas 
    Trueb, Linda - Observer 
    Institution: University of Kansas 

Calendar of Events

Sept 12
Thursday
Sept 13
Friday
Sept 14
Saturday
Sept 15
Sunday
AM Opening Session 

08:45 - Krishtalka, Humphries, Rodman, O'Kelly, Lane
10:00 - Coffee Break
10:30 - Computer Instructions
11:00 - Information modeling for a community data architecture. Blum
12:00 - Lunch

Taxon Oriented Database Applications 

08:45 - ITIS, Brigham
10:00 - Coffee Break
10:30 - Linnaeus II. Schalk
12:00 - Lunch

Information Modeling and Specimen Management 

08:45 - The ASC data model for biological objects and their management. Blum and Humphries
10:00 - Coffee Break
10:30 - Zoe, Humphries
12:00 - Lunch

Functional Specifications for the Ideal PEET Database Application 

Group discussion moderated by Blum and Beach

PM Character Based - data capture, storage and exchange 

1:15 - DELTA - Dallwitz
3:00 - Coffee Break
3:15 - Hands on with DELTA

Exhibits - 4:45 - 6:00

Taxon Applications (cont.) 

1:15 - Paleobank. Kaesler
2:15 - TreeBase. Donoghue
3:00 - Coffee Break

Taxonomic Keys

3:20 - Lucid. Yeates
4:00 - Intkey. Dallwitz

Exhibits - 5:00 - 6:00

Specimen Management (cont.) 

1:15 - Kampmeier (Filemaker Pro db)

Electronic Information Publication
2:15 - Web based data dissemination. Garneau
3:00 - Coffee Break
3:30 - Garneau, cont.
4:00 - SGML: structured data publication. Beach
4:30 - CD-ROM publication. Schalk

Exhibits - 5:00 - 6:00

Adjourn workshop
Evening Reception 

6:30 - 8:30 KU Natural History Museum Panorama Room

Dinner on the town 

6:15 - 9:00, 10:30 Downtown

Banquet 

6:30 - 9:30 Alumni Center

Organizer's Bacchanalia celebrating departure of workshop participants.
Bus
Schedule
8:15 AM Pickup at Hotel
9:00 PM Pickup at Museum
8:15 AM Pickup at Hotel
6:15 Pickup at Union to DT
9:00 PM Pickup at DT to Hotel
10:30 PM Pickup at DT to Hotel
8:15 AM Pickup at Hotel
9:30 PM Pickup at Alumni Center
8:15 AM Pickup at Hotel

Send technical comments or questions to robd@ku.edu.
Send content related comments or questions to Steve Ashe.