Annotation feedback

Recently, a number of GitHub issues related to annotations have been opened and discussed:

I wanted to take this opportunity to provide some feedback to the designers and developers without disrupting the GitHub issues. Hence this journal article.

Background: A group of us initiated and discussed a Proposal to replace the Plant Phenology annotation last November (2023). The proposal was not brought to a wider audience since it was felt that we lacked consensus on one or two key issues. In any case, I think some good points were raised, and apparently now is the time to surface these ideas to the designers and developers.

Briefly, the proposal is to replace the Plant Phenology annotation with the following annotation:

Reproductive Structures
1. Flower bud: At least one closed flower bud is visible
2. Flower: At least one open flower is visible
3. Fruit: At least one fruit or seed is visible
4. No reproductive structures: No sexual reproductive structures (in whole or part) are visible

Instead of modifying the current Plant Phenology annotation, can we modify the proposed Reproductive Structures annotation?

Here are some (out-of-band) comments on the GitHub issues:

#4046: See above for recommended annotation name, values, and mouseover definitions

#4047: The annotation name (Reproductive Structures) should be independent of the chart title. Put another way, user interface issues on the taxon page should not drive the choice of annotation name, values, or mouseover definitions.

#4049: No comment

הועלה ב-מרץ 21, 2024 09:28 אחה"צ על ידי trscavo trscavo

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פורסם על-ידי trscavo לפני 3 חודשים

Thanks @trscavo, I'll take a closer look next week.

פורסם על-ידי carrieseltzer לפני 3 חודשים

@trscavo, thanks for alerting me to these great suggestions and the conversation that unfolded. We're working with external collaborators, including the USA National Phenology Network. After review and discussion, we agree that the terms you proposed (with minor changes) would provide greater clarity and simplicity than both the status quo and what was proposed on github.

Here's what we're planning to update to:

Flowers and Fruits (renamed from "Plant Phenology")
No flowers or fruits: No flowers or fruits (in whole or part) are visible
Flower buds: At least one closed flower bud
Flowers: At least one open flower
Fruits or Seeds: At least one fruit or seed

פורסם על-ידי carrieseltzer לפני בערך חודש

@carrieseltzer thanks for getting back to me! I agree, this is clear and simple.

פורסם על-ידי trscavo לפני בערך חודש
פורסם על-ידי trscavo לפני בערך חודש

Excellent! Thanks.

פורסם על-ידי tsn לפני בערך חודש

Wow! Fabulous work on this, Tom @trscavo!
And thanks, @carrieseltzer, for the response and action!
Wow!!!

פורסם על-ידי cgbb2004 לפני בערך חודש

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