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

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

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

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

Specification of high-level application programming interfaces (SemSorGrid4Env)

This document defines an Application Tier for the SemsorGrid4Env project. Within the Application Tier we distinguish between Web Applications - which provide a User Interface atop a more traditional Service Oriented Architecture - and Mashups which are driven by a REST API and a Resource Oriented Architecture. A pragmatic boundary is set to enable initial development of Web Applications and Mashups; as the project progresses an evaluation and comparison of the two paradigms may lead to a reassessment of where each can be applied within the project, with the experience gained providing a basis for general guidelines and best practice. Both Web Applications and Mashups are designed and delivered through an iterative user-centric process; requirements generated by the project case studies are a key element of this approach