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.

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

1. in vitro plant structure

New def'n: 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.

2. in vivo plant structure

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

3. 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.

4.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?

New parent terms proposed by Ramona:

5. collective plant structure

New 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?

6. cardinal organ part 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).

Next conference call- Tuesday March 16th- 11am