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Development of methods to recognize 
ing with descriptions in a data bank 
to avoid some of the difficulties of 
example which is being investigated 
of Rubus frueticosus in Great Britai 
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specimens by match- 
. This is intended 
using keys. One 
is the microspecies 
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Development of methods of data capture. 
of identification is used, large volumes 
data mu s t be obtained. Computer methods 
to reduce the labor involved. 
Whatever method 
of accurate 
are being used 
Anyone working on, or interested in, the above topics, who 
is not acquainted with our project is invited to make contact with 
us at the Botany School, Downing Street, Cambridge CR2 3EA England. 
— — S • M. Walters & R. J. Pankhurst, 
[Editors notes Two reports on progress in this research program 
have been issued in mimeo form, as follows s 
Pankhurst, R* J. A method for data 
Project Report no, 1, 1971: 1 
Pankhurst, R. J. Identification by 
Identification Proj ec t Report 
capture. Identification 
Stage One (Rubus) 
: 1- 7 . 
matching 
no. 2, 
Copies are available at the address above.—j ap] 
MEETING ON AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION 
The Systematics Association will sponsor a meeting on auto- 
matic identification in September, 19 7 3, at King’s College. Only 
preliminary announcements have been issued to date, but further 
information will appear in MUDPIE as available. Interested people 
can contact R. J. Pankhurst at the address given above. 
MUSTARD 
[Museum and University STorage and Retrieval of Data] 
Beginning with this issue of MUDPIE all items dealing with 
data storage and retrieval will be collected together under this 
heading, and will, of course, be known as MUSTARD papers. In the 
last year a rather considerable body of interest has emerged in 
the storage and retrieval of data about specimens, chiefly cen¬ 
tered on specimens in museum collections. With this issue many 
individuals with this interest have been added to the list of 
recipients of MUDPIE. We hope to expand the list even further. 
Perhaps this section of MUDPIE will eventually come to serve the 
community of natural scientists as does the excellent "Newsletter of 
Computer Archaeology" for the archaeological community. 
Information on projects underway or contemplated is sought 
