Minutes and agenda 3-9-10

Agenda for the POC Conference Call, Tues Mar 9rd, 11am PST

Agenda: We will continue with the discussions from the 3-3-10 conf. call. These items have been posted on SourceForge for people to comment on.

1. in vitro cultured cell, tissue and organ

We decided to create two new parent terms directly under plant structure: "in vitro cultured plant structure" and "In vivo plant structure".

Now that people have had a chance to look at this on the dev browser, is everyone satisfied? Comments?

New definition for in vitro plant structure: A plant structure that was derived from a part of a plant and involves microbe-free growth in a sterile environment such as a Petri dish or a test tube.

Need to work on definition for in vivo plant structure, like: A plant structure that is or was part of a plant that is growing ... (not in vitro).

2. plant structure

New Def'n: An anatomical structure that is or was part of a plant, or was derived from a part of a plant.

3.gamete

New Def'n: A plant cell that has half the chromosome complement of the sporophyte and is capable of fertilization to create a zygote.

It was decided to place 'gamete' as a child of 'plant cell' and to make it the parent term of 'egg cell' and 'sperm cell'

Comments?

4. cardinal organ part New parent terms proposed by Ramona, Note: cardinal organ part was in SF originally as "organ segment or organ part."

def: A plant structure that is a proper part of an organ and includes portions of tissues of at least two different types. Examples include lobe, operculum, neck, petiole, leaflet. Note: if petiole is an organ part, then stalk probably also should be an organ part (not an organ, as it currently is).

5. collective plant structure

def: A plant structure that is a proper part of a plant and is composed of two or more (connected, contiguous?) organs.

Examples: flower, perianth, inflorescence. collective structure versus compound organ?

Next conference call- Tuesday March 16th- 11am