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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I did not get any response to the message below. Is this address listed on the Plant Ontology website viable? </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kent Bradford</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">_____________________________________________<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">From:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> KENT BRADFORD<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Sent:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:33 PM<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">To:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> 'po@plantontology.org'<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Subject:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> Compositae vocabulary</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To Whom It May Concern:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am a Co-PI on the Compositae Genom</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e Project that has been developing EST and mapping resources for the Compositae, primarily lettuce and sunflower but now expanding into 15 additional species (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://cgpdb.ucdavis.edu"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://cgpdb.ucdavis.edu</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">). As part of this project, we h</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ave also collected extensive phenotypic data on several hundred accessions in the Compositae. We are in the process of developing a database to compile and store this data and make it accessible via our website. In describing our phenotypic data, we would</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">like to be compatible with your controlled vocabularies in choosing our terms. However, you note on your website that these vocabularies are not yet available for the Compositae, and we have many types of data that I do not see in the current descriptions</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (e.g., specific leaf shapes, rosettes, presence of trichomes, inflorescence branching patterns, etc.). I would appreciate your advice on how we should proceed in a way that will remain consistent the goals of the plant ontology project to allow broad and</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">consistent searching on controlled vocabularies. Is anyone working on a list of terms for the Compositae that we could work from? I can send a list of the characteristics that we have recorded if it would help. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sincerely,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kent Bradford</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A NAME=""><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kent</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">J. Bradford</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Professor</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mail Stop 5</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">University of California</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Davis, CA 95616-8780</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Phone: 1-530-752-6087</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Fax: 1-530-754-7222</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Email: kjbradford@ucdavis.edu</FONT></SPAN></P>
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