[Babase] Fwd: baboons with no deathdate and Ositeti
subgroups(formerly Mica's infant MESHAEK)
Susan Alberts
alberts at duke.edu
Sat Oct 10 10:52:30 EDT 2009
Yes, this sounds right.
Specifically, a censored animal is any animal in the database that
currently has a status of "alive" but a statdate earlier than the most
recent update. An alive animal is any animal in the database that
currently has a status of "alive" and a statdate equal to the most
recent update. If a previously censored animal reappears, you will
change their status to alive before proceeding with the update.
Sounds like we are all comfortable with proceeding; next step is talk
about this at the next babase conference call (Weds 14th at 1 pm).
Lacey and Niki can you put this on our agenda?
Thanks,
Susan
> On 10/09/2009 03:33:23 PM, Niki Learn wrote:
>> Makes sense to me. So along with "killing" baboons in babase at the
>> end of
>> the update I would also "censor" those that have migrated out or
>> otherwise
>> disappeared in such a manner that we cannot confidently call them
>> dead. And
>> if individuals return to the population after an absence I would have
>> to
>> mark them alive at the beginning of the update so that their census
>> information could be entered (and babase would throw an error if I
>> missed
>> any or if there was a spelling error and I tried to upload census
>> data
>> for a
>> censored individual, yes?). Sounds reasonable. Karl? Jeanne?
>
> Good by me.
>
> (Anything that bestows the power of resurrection is ok
> in my book. ;-)
>
>
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
> -- Robert A. Heinlein
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