Biologically Significant Illinois Streams: An Evaluation of the Streams of Illinois based on Aquatic Biodiversity: Part 1

Part 1: Text. See Reference ID-1365 for Part 2: AtlasReport issued on: December 31, 1991INHS Technical Report prepared for Illinois Dept. of Conservation, Illinois Dept. of Energy and Natural Resource

The Segment Ontology: Bridging Music-generic and Domain-specific

Existing semantic representations of music analysis encapsulate narrow sub-domain concepts and are frequently scoped by the context of a particular MIR task. Segmentation is a crucial abstraction in the investigation of phenomena which unfold over time; we present a Segment Ontology as the backbone of an approach that models properties from the musicological domain independently from MIR implementations and their signal processing foundations, whilst maintaining an accurate and complete description of the relationships that link them. This framework provides two principal advantages which are explored through several examples: a layered separation of concerns that aligns the model with the needs of the users and systems that consume and produce the data; and the ability to link multiple analyses of differing types through transforms to and from the Segment axis

Biological Assessments of Six Selected Fishes, Amphibians, and Mussels in Illinois

ID: 8758; issued November 1, 1996INHS Technical Report prepared for Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Heritag

A SEQUENCE OF BIOHORIZONS FOR THE SUBBOREAL PROVINCE LOWER TOARCIAN IN NORTHERN BRITAIN AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH A SUBMEDITERRANEAN STANDARD

A sequence of sub-subzonal correlative units at the level of biohorizon is described for the Subboreal Province, Lower Toarcian of North Yorkshire, north west England. Nineteen such units are recognised, as follows: Tenuicostatum Chronozone, Paltum Subchronozone (paltum), Clevelandicum Subchronozone (crosbeyi, clevelandicum), Tenuicostatum Subchronozone (tenuicostatum), Semicelatum Subchronozone (semicelatum, antiquum), Serpentinum Chronozone, Exaratum Subchronozone (elegantulum, exaratum, elegans), Falciferum Subchronozone (pseudoserpentinum, falciferum), Bifrons Chronozone, Commune Subchronozone (ovatum, commune, athleticum), Fibulatum Subchronozone (turriculum, braunianus, vortex), Crassum Subchronozone (crassum-bifrons, crassum-semipolitum). The presence of shared taxa permits detailed correlations to be established with submediterranean zonal schemes in more southerly areas of Europe and an equilibration of zonal boundaries across the region is therefore proposed, providing a uniformity of interpretation for the European Lower Toarcian

THE CALLOVIAN-OXFORDIAN BOUNDARY IN BRITAIN: A REVIEW OF KEY SECTIONS AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH THE PROPOSED GLOBAL STRATOTYPE SECTION AND POINT FOR THE OXFORDIAN IN HAUTE PROVENCE, FRANCE

The historical type area of the Oxfordian Stage and its lowest subchronozone (Scarburgense Subchronozone of the Mariae Chronozone) are in Great Britain, in southern central (Oxford) and north eastern England (Scarborough), respectively. In neither district, however, are sequences sufficient complete to satisfy ICS requirements for a GSSP. Subsequent work in Haute Provence, south east France, however, has revealed considerably expanded sequences in Terre Noire facies which satisfy most ICS criteria and a GSSP for the Oxfordian Stage has now been formally proposed in this region. One British section, however, on the Dorset coast near Weymouth (Ham Cliff/ Redcliff Point), is relatively expanded and has the potential to complement the French candidate GSSP by yielding additional information on microfossil assemblages (e.g. ostrocods, foraminifera, coccoliths and holothurians). The sequence of ammonite faunas across the stage boundary at this and other key UK localities is reviewed, synthesised and correlated with the candidate GSSP in Haute Provence. This correlation can provide a framework within which additional information derived from UK sites, for instance from microfossil or geochemical studies, can be integrated to assist global correlation of the base of the Oxfordian Stage

REST and Linked Data: a match made for domain driven development?

At a first glance there might appear to be an obvious alignment and overlap between the approaches prescribed by REST and Linked Data. On more detailed inspection divergences in scope and applicability present themselves, and for some aspects, incompatibility. In this paper we investigate these similarities and differences and suggest the coupling is worthy of a third look: in combination as a flexible environment in which the developer can focus on domain driven applications

THE PROTECTION OF JURASSIC SITES AND FOSSILS: CHALLENGES FOR GLOBAL JURASSIC SCIENCE (INCLUDING A PROPOSED STATEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF PALAEONTOLOGICAL HERITAGE AND STRATOTYPES)

Effective geoconservation systems are crucial to the activities of subcommissions of the International Subcommission on Stratigraphy, such as the Jurassic Subcommission (ISJS). Fundamentally, the core activity of any Subcommission, the establishment of Global Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) is a conservation activity in itself, involving the selection of key sites, to be maintained as references for subsequent consultation. Without adequate national site protection and management systems this fundamental function is liable to fail as the selected site remains vulnerable to loss and damage. In addition, strict conservation systems applied without adequate understanding of the needs of research and education can also prevent or significantly inhibit geological science and the use of sites such as GSSPs. To address these extreme scenarios and assist the development of a more scientific approach to conservation of geological sites of stratigraphical and palaeontological importance during dialogues with administrative authorities, a Statement defining categories of palaeontological heritage requiring protection and the basic requirements needed to achieve the conservation of stratotype localities is here proposed. The context of the protection of Jurassic sites within other international projects is also reviewed, in particular the IUGS Geosites project, within which all GSSPs will be listed

Popular musical arrangements in the nineteenth-century home: A study of The Harmonicon supported by digital tools

Musicologists often remove all traces of the scaffolding used to construct their scholarship at the point of completion -- presenting information about bibliographic and evidential sources, but not describing the tools and digital resources used. This makes an analysis of the state of digital support for musicology harder to achieve. In this paper, we consider both outcome and scaffolding, presenting a musicological study built upon digitised library resources, which made use of digital tools, and then considering the digital affordances that were required by the study. We explore the musical content of the music periodicals, 'The Harmonicon' (1823-1833) and 'The Musical Library' (1834-1837), considering what it tells us about music making and reception in early nineteenth-century England. Journals such as these are important both for bringing a wide range of music into the home, but also for adapting music written for concert halls and the opera for the domestic sphere through musical arrangement. Since this music was more accessible to many than ticket prices, its selection and deployment in such volumes would have been critical for shaping an audiences musical tastes. At the same time, the editor was compelled to tailor the music to the abilities and interests of the audience, in an economically highly challenging environment. This musicological study was supported by digital tools at multiple stages in the process. We describe the interaction between tools and scholarship, reflecting on where these were strong, but also considering opportunities for future development. We do this in terms of an iterative model of research, digitisation and editing, acknowledging that research must be able to continue despite imperfections and absences in tools, resources and digital data