Paleonet: Scientific death-knell of databases?

[Gregory Burzynski]

Ugh, I typed paleonet in my reply, but meant Paleobiology Database. Sorry for any confusion. Apparently I need to caffeine a bit more today.


Cheers,

Greg


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From: Paleonet <paleonet-bounces at nhm.ac.uk> on behalf of Gregory Burzynski <g.burzynski at queensu.ca>
Sent: November 12, 2015 8:48 AM
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Subject: Re: Paleonet: Scientific death-knell of databases?


I honestly feel that pedanticness over the citation of a couple of brachiopods in one database is not enough of a case to throw out the entirety of a powerful, newly-emerging tool in the field (i.e. large online databases). Paleonet, set up and run by paleontologists, is a direct contradiction to many of the slippery-slope arguments in this paper. Also, the tone seems to be accusatory with no actual evidence of intentional wrong-doing by the people running the database.


No need to throw out the baby with the bathwater.


Cheers,
Greg

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From: Paleonet <paleonet-bounces at nhm.ac.uk> on behalf of Christian Emig <brachnet at aliceadsl.fr>
Sent: November 12, 2015 2:15 AM
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Subject: Paleonet: Scientific death-knell of databases?

Bonjour,

A freshly issued paper:
Emig C.C., Bitner M.A. & Álvarez F. (2015). Scientific death-knell against databases? Errors induced by database manipulations and its consequences. Carnets Geol.,15 (16), 231-238.
http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/1516/index.html

As authors of the World Brachiopoda Database hosted by WoRMS, we decided to publish what may appear as the visible part of an iceberg (!) concerning WoRMS as well as many other online databases.

Best regards,

Christian C. Emig, Aleksandra Bitner, Fernando Alvarez
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