V-botknowtest/Requirements/UseCases

Browsing Searching Querying "What is this plant?"

• Plant taxonomists

 Alpha taxonomy
 Revision

• Molecular biologists

 "What traits are associated with this sequence?"
 "What species have this trait?"
  

• Ecologists

 "What species have this trait?"
 "What habitats are this species found in?"
 "Where is it found?"
 "What is found in this location?"

• Tree people (phylogeneticists)

 Why does my tree look like this?
   "Build me the character matrix for all the species in my tree."
   Species distributions.

• All other biologists

• Border agents

  "What is this plant?"
  "Should this plant be allowed into Canada?"

• Policy makers

 What legislation (or other regulations) pertain to this species?
 Does this legislation cover any species that I care about?  

• Citizen scientists

 "What plants will I find in Algonquin Park in July." (check list production)

• General public

 "Can I eat this?" 
 

• Searchers for authoritative names

 "What is the current accepted name?"
 What are synonyms, vernacular names, etc.?