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Date: 1/26/2010
The Iris register has been a workhorse for a tiny group of people in the
Iris society and it will continue to be so. I have spoken with many Iris
Register users and they see no threat from the wiki in replacing the Iris
Register. For the uses that the Iris Register has traditionally provided, the
wiki will provide too much information, and would not be as fast. John should
see no threat to the relatively few people using the Iris register of abandoning
it.
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All,
I agree with Bob on this. I use the Iris Register constantly as I
write articles, columns and obituaries for AIS and Sections and
Affiliates. That won't change because of the wiki. It's fast.
The Iris Register has at least one feature that I'm not sure the wiki will
provide -- that is the ability to do hybridizer search and summaries. It
is however quirky in that sometimes a hybridizer registered under different
names such as Jim or James or J., and therefore you must search each to ensure
you have all data. And I still use the printed checklists as they are
more portable and useful at Shows and throughout my home (I don't yet have a
laptop).
I have judged a show at the Society for Louisiana Irises Convention at
which we used a laptop loaded with both the Iris Register and SLI Checklist and
it was an interesting experience, generally helpful -- but we still had need to
reference the AIS Checklist books as neither of the databases were complete and
up-to-date. I can see this process expanding in the future with comparison
of picture and text to show exhibit, but keeping in mind that some if not
many pictures have been enhanced (Photo Shop). Judges
beware!
Jim M.
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