Explore producing an updated IUCn

[markmacgillivray]

Can we, given the current IUCn list, and an update of the species in it on our demo, regularly produce an updated list where we move species based on what we learn about them? Perhaps we can identify certain statements that we can take as meaning a species is no longer endangered? Or has become endangered? Perhaps @Blahah or @rossmounce can provide input here.

[petermr]

We could combine regex and species in same sentence. Regex would be words such as endangered vulnerable most concern etc

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On 21 Oct 2015, at 10:23, markmacgillivray notifications@github.com wrote:

Can we, given the current IUCn list, and an update of the species in it on our demo, regularly produce an updated list where we move species based on what we learn about them? Perhaps we can identify certain statements that we can take as meaning a species is no longer endangered? Or has become endangered? Perhaps @Blahah or @rossmounce can provide input here.

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[blahah]

I like the basic idea. IUCN classifications are quite involved and usually require a panel of experts to set or change the status. We could do something like, given the existing status and the data we have mined, indicate whether the species seems to be improving, declining, or being maintained relative to when it was last assessed? A classification like that avoids treading on the toes of the existing experts, but provides value beyond the simple facts.

[markmacgillivray]

This sounds good. I think we only need the species plugin, not regex - once we have the species I can search for the ones with interesting words in their pre and post strings. From this we could provide a heat map of research activity around the species we can match on the iucn red list. Then consider what further statements we can say about them, in support of the experts. On 21 Oct 2015 16:51, "Richard Smith-Unna" notifications@github.com wrote:

I like the basic idea. IUCN classifications are quite involved and usually require a panel of experts to set or change the status. We could do something like, given the existing status and the data we have mined, indicate whether the species seems to be improving, declining, or being maintained relative to when it was last assessed? A classification like that avoids treading on the toes of the existing experts, but provides value beyond the simple facts.

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