This is a refactoring of the slides of Anna Weitzman at TDWG 2006. It is intended that discussion take place about the criteria expressed in them and what approaches are taken to the given issue. This page is a work in process. Do not edit until this notice goes away... BobMorris

Links to external documentation
Product	Spec	Docs	Apps	Other
PDF
TEI/TEI-lite
Flora Zambeziaca
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.
Flora of Australia
TEI +
TaxonX
taXMLit

Below are the criteria. Each supports an opinion about whether it meets the given criterion, followed by the initials of the person most recently offering it, and the rev of this topic at which it was changed. The intention is to discuss that assertion, or anything else specific to the row, on the topic linked at the end of each row. In such discussion, please be sure to indicate who you are and which Criterion you are discussing. If you change the conformance assertion, please add text to the to the associated Comment topic so that people understand why you changed it. Discussion of the Criterion itself should take place at the topic whose link follows each Criterion table.

Key to Notes
Note	Denotes
*	???
(1)	"depends on interface"
(2)	"of same series"

Key to commentators on conformance
Initials	Who
AW	Anna Weitzman
RAM	Bob Morris
TC	Terry Catapano

Criterion (1) Allows searching at some level

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	yes if text, no if image	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	yes	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	yes	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	yes	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	yes	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	yes	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion1GeneralComments

Criterion (2) Includes metadata about the publication

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	yes	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	yes	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	yes	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	yes	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	yes	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion2GeneralComments

Criterion (3) Distinguishes main components of taxonomic literature

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	no	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	yes	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	yes	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	yes	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	yes	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion3GeneralComments

Criterion (4) Potentially applicable to all taxonomic literature

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	yes	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	yes	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	no	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	no	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	no	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	yes	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion4GeneralComments

Criterion (5) Allows (or structure could allow) multiple search criteria

Product	Says	At rev	name	synonyms	geography	dates	authors	collector	other	Link to Discussion
PDF	AW	r1	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	AW	r1	no	no	no	no	no	no	yes	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	AW	r1	yes*	no	yes*	no	no	no	yes*	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	AW	r1	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	AW	r1	yes*	no	no	no	no	no	no	CommentFA?
TEI +	AW	r1	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	AW	r1	yes	no	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	yes*	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	AW	r1	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion5GeneralComments

Criterion (6) Allows selection of user-defined subsets

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	no	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	no	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	no	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	yes	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	no	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	yes*(1)	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes (1)	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion6GeneralComments

Criterion (7) Suitable for accessing multiple works simultaneously

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	no	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	yes (2)	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	yes (2)	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	yes (2)	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	yes	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion7GeneralComments

Criterion (8) Synonymy extractable and combinable into catalogue format

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	no	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	no	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	no	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	yno	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	yes*	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	no	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion8GeneralComments

Criterion (9) Display outputs from different treatments in uniform/comparable style

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	no	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	yes (2)	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	yes (2)	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	yes (2)	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	yes	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion9GeneralComments

Criterion (10) Output formats contain data with contextual information or without (atomized data may be extracted for other uses)

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	no(only with)	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	no(only with)	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	no(only with)	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	no(only with)	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	no(only with)	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	no(only with)	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion10GeneralComments

Criterion (11) Produces usable keys

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	no	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	yes	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	yes	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	yes	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	no	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	no	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion11GeneralComments

Criterion (12) Interoperable with other standard schemas

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	no	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	no	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	no	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	no	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	no	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	yes*	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion12GeneralComments?

Criterion (13) Uses other schemas

Product	Meets	Says	At rev	Link to Discussion
PDF	no	AW	r1	CommentPDF?
TEI/TEI-lite	no	AW	r1	CommentTEI?
Flora Zambeziaca	no	AW	r1	CommentFZ?
Flora/Fauna of N.Z.	no	AW	r1	CommentFNZ?
Flora of Australia	no	AW	r1	CommentFA?
TEI +	no	AW	r1	CommentTEIPlus?
TaxonX	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxonX?
taXMLit	yes	AW	r1	CommentTaxMLit?
Criterion13GeneralComments

-- BobMorris - 21 Oct 2006