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    Commentary on: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?

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    Abstract: I have come to the conclusion that no form of technology is likely to have much of an impact on our education system - at least not for a long time. Schools, colleges and training departments have a great deal of inertia and self-interest in preserving the status quo of classroom instruction... So while there is nothing technically wrong with the ideas of Clark, Parsia and Hendler for development of a semantic web, especially RDF and OWL, I don't see it having any near-term effect on educational practice. And I certainly don't think it likely that many educators will turn into "hyperk rep hackers".Paper: Clark, K., Parsia, B. and Hendler, J. (2004) Will the Semantic Web Change Education?. Editors: Terry Anderson and Denise Whitelock

    TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

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    Plant traits - the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants - determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait‐based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits - almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives

    Training and technology : a handbook for HRD profesionals

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    Book review

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    Schools out: Hyperlearning, the new technology, and the end of education Lewis J. Perelman

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    Programming errors in APL

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