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Interoperable Services for Federations of Database System (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roantree, M., Kennedy, J., & Barclay, P. J. (2001, September). Interoperable Services for Federations of Database System. Presented at Fifth East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS'2001)

The problems associated with defining interoperable protocols for heterogenous information systems has been the subject of researchers for many years. While numerous solutions have been offered, the problem remains unsolved, mainly due to the distinc... Read More about Interoperable Services for Federations of Database System.

Multiple overlapping classifications: issues and solutions (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raguenaud, C., & Kennedy, J. (2002, June). Multiple overlapping classifications: issues and solutions. Presented at 14th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, Edinburgh, Scotland

This paper discusses issues and solutions for supporting multiple overlapping classifications in database systems. These classifications are commonly found in science, although they are often ignored in computing applications for scientific data, and... Read More about Multiple overlapping classifications: issues and solutions.

Telling Tales: Narratives Of Classification And Control In The Design Of Taxonomic Software. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, S., Turner, P., Raguenaud, C., & Kennedy, J. (2002, September). Telling Tales: Narratives Of Classification And Control In The Design Of Taxonomic Software. Presented at Design Research Society Conference: Common Ground, September, 2002

This paper draws on concepts from the structuralist analysis of narrative to explore aspects of
the role of stories in the small group design process. A brief review of relevant narratological
concepts is provided. Their application in a preliminar... Read More about Telling Tales: Narratives Of Classification And Control In The Design Of Taxonomic Software..

Two approaches to representing multiple overlapping classifications: a comparison [plant taxonomy] (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raguenaud, C., Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2001, July). Two approaches to representing multiple overlapping classifications: a comparison [plant taxonomy]. Presented at Thirteenth International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management. SSDBM 2001, Fairfax, VA, USA, USA

Plant taxonomy is the science of classification of plants. One of the tasks of plant taxonomy is the creation of classifications of organisms that allows the understanding of the evolutionary relationships between them. In this paper we describe two... Read More about Two approaches to representing multiple overlapping classifications: a comparison [plant taxonomy].

Combining linking and focusing techniques for a multiple hierarchy visualisation (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2001, July). Combining linking and focusing techniques for a multiple hierarchy visualisation. Presented at Proceedings Fifth International Conference on Information Visualisation, London, England, UK,

Visualisations have previously combined linking and brushing operations successfully. However, none to our knowledge have combined linking and focussing techniques. We describe the motivation behind developing such a technique, and show how our visua... Read More about Combining linking and focusing techniques for a multiple hierarchy visualisation.

Towards visualising temporal features in large scale microarray time-series data. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craig, P., Kennedy, J., & Cumming, A. (2002, July). Towards visualising temporal features in large scale microarray time-series data. Presented at 6th International Conference on Information Visualisation - IV2002

Current techniques for visualising large-scale microarray data are unable to present temporal features without reducing the number of elements being displayed. This paper introduces a technique that overcomes this problem by combining a novel display... Read More about Towards visualising temporal features in large scale microarray time-series data..

Implementation of the Prometheus Taxonomic Model: a comparison of database models and query languages and an introduction to the Prometheus Object-Oriented Model. (2002)
Journal Article
Raguenaud, C., Pullan, M. R., Watson, M. F., Kennedy, J., Newman, M. F., & Barclay, P. J. (2002). Implementation of the Prometheus Taxonomic Model: a comparison of database models and query languages and an introduction to the Prometheus Object-Oriented Model. Taxon, 51(1), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.2307/1554970

Types of databases commonly used for handling taxonomic data are compared. It is shown that none of the existing types of databases fully support the requirements of taxonomic data. The results of this comparison provide a rationale for the design an... Read More about Implementation of the Prometheus Taxonomic Model: a comparison of database models and query languages and an introduction to the Prometheus Object-Oriented Model..

The Prometheus II Description Model: an objective approach to representing taxonomic descriptions (2002)
Preprint / Working Paper
MacDonald, S. M., Raguenaud, C., Pullan, M. R., Kennedy, J., Russell, G., & Watson, M. F. The Prometheus II Description Model: an objective approach to representing taxonomic descriptions

A model for improving the storage and communication of plant descriptions is presented. The model is flexible and yet reduces the ambiguity often present in text descriptions. The fundamental idea behind the model is the necessity for clear represent... Read More about The Prometheus II Description Model: an objective approach to representing taxonomic descriptions.