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Re: RARITIES PHONE NUMBER

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Subject: Re: RARITIES PHONE NUMBER
From: Laurie Knight <>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:07:27 +1000
If a phone number is to be published in field guides, then:

1. It has to have a long half-life [it has to be institutionalised so it can last as long as the field guides]; 2. The information has to be freely available at a point that will last as long as the phone number [be accompanied by a web address where the information will be published].

Ideally a brief notification would also be sent to email groups like birding-aus.

Basically, birders will volunteer information to the system if they are confident that the system will reciprocate. If people want to receive a text message, then of course, they can subscribe to the service.

Regards, Laurie.

On 26/07/2010, at 8:54 PM, Peter Shute wrote:

I was thinking more along the lines of how birders will get access to it. We already have the Birdline system which, for all its faults, isn't that bad most of the time.

Are you intending to add it to that system, or have an alternative one?

Peter Shute


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From: Simon Mustoe
To: Peter Shute;  ; 
Sent: Mon Jul 26 20:32:27 2010
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Birding-Aus RARITIES PHONE NUMBER

Peter,

I guess the answer is, it can go anywhere it needs to. Firstly, we are talking about rarity information rather than biodiversity data. So first of all, it would be transposed into Birdo Online with all the relevant information about location, who found it, images etc. Secondly, it would end up being reviewed and disseminated into Wingspan in the quarterly 'rarity roundup'. Thirdly, it would end up being captured and used by BARC. I suspect I have missed a number of other possibilities.

If the question is about the data in terms of conservation, I will never have any interest in hoarding data. All the data that is gathered is stored electronically and can be made available as XML to anyone who wants it. Setting up an automated feed is easy. Given that the data isn't going anywhere, I am not in a hurry to dip my hands into my pockets and spend another $3000 getting the feeds developed. And yes, this is the sort of money it costs. However, if at any point, there is enough value for me ... either someone pays for it, or we get to expand, then I'd make it available in a jiffy.

Hope that answers the question.

Regards,

Simon.

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