Re: [AISdiscuss] hosta website

[Robt R Pries <rpries@sbcglobal.net>]

It is very generous of the Hosta Society to provide
their information free. Now I dont need to join to
know something. Although I had been a member some
years back I havent had time recently to do much with
Hostas. Now I know I wont have to rejoin to get
information about cultivars. One less plant group I
need to subscribe to.   

--- John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com> wrote:

> This is a very nicely done website. The design is
> well thought out and 
> implemented in a professional manner.
> 
> The most significant differences (aside from the way
> information is 
> presented) are that the Hosta Society makes all the
> most recent 
> registration information available for download
> free, and provides free 
> access to the search engine.
> 
> The AIS Board policy is that only the 1999 Check
> List and prior (back 
> thru the 1959) are available for free download.
> 
> The online database contains the more recent R&Is as
> well as all the 
> Checklist information we currently have available in
> the Registrar's 
> database (information from the 1949 and 1939 Check
> Lists is limited) 
> and we charge a fee for access to the search
> capability.
> 
> A significant difference is that the Hosta society
> database has 3555 
> records in it and the AIS databbase has over 55,000
> registered names in 
> it. We are making significant strides in upgrading
> our database 
> structure. Mike Lowe has designed a new database
> structure and is 
> gradually getting additional information from the
> 1949 and 1939 Check 
> Lists. I have been trying to get a new search engine
> developed that 
> will allow searching on a more granular level, but
> have been delayed in 
> the effort by the availability of time from Mallorn
> Computing.
> 
> If the AIS Board changes the policy on availability
> of downloads of the 
> 2000-2005 R&Is we can make them available on
> irisregister.com
> 
> Making pictures available with the registration
> entries is a big step. 
> It certainly can be done but has some impacts and
> requires a carefully 
> crafted set of standards.
> 
> I am sure that we can implement anything the Board
> wishes, depending of 
> course on the cost. I am hopeful that I can find a
> web/database/search 
> engine programmer that is a member of the AIS and is
> willing to work at 
> a reasonable rate.
> 
> John
> 
> On Jun 28, 2006, at 1:13 AM, bfilardi@comcast.net
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all:  Received the following today from a
> member named Caroline 
> > Nave:
> >
> > This is some information that I just received from
> the Hosta Society 
> > about their new downloadable hosta descriptions
> etc.   This is what I 
> > have been begging AIS to do.
> > We could go them one better and require a
> photograph of each cultivar 
> > at the time it is registered.
> > Need money for AIS?  Have away for the local
> societies or individual 
> > members to be able to download both picture and
> descriptive 
> > information from the web and charge their credit
> card .50 per picture. 
> >  A $5 minimum order could be required.
> > AIS really need to become more "Lay grower"
> friendly and offer more 
> > services that benefit the affiliate.  The
> insurance is  wonderful 
> > benefit.
> > How about the Registry?  Seems like a no brainer.
> > Caroline Nave
> >
> > HEY FOLKS, THERE IS A GREAT NEW WEB TOOL FOR
> FINDING ALL THE DATA YOU 
> > WANT ON REGISTERED HOSTAS.
> > SEE THE BELOW EMAIL ABOUT THE NEW AMERICAN HOSTA
> SOCIETY  bHOSTA 
> > REGISTRYb
> > (Thanks to Cornelia Holland for sending this
> notice to us)
> >
> > AHS Hosta Registry
> > http://hostaregistrar.org
> >
> > Every now and then a new web site will pop up on
> the internet that 
> > becomes an invaluable resource and tool for its
> intended audience.  I 
> > am pleased to announce such a web site for Hosta
> enthusiasts the world 
> > over.
> >
> > The Hosta Registry of the American Hosta Society
> located at 
> > http://hostaregistrar.org/ is a free online search
> utility of the 
> > official registry record of the International
> Cultivar Registration 
> > Authority (ICRA) for the plant genus Hosta.  I
> have had the pleasure 
> > to work with Kevin P. Walek, the Hosta Registrar,
> to utilize the 
> > current Hosta registration database and place it
> on the internet as a 
> > simple and searchable  powerful utility.
> >
> > The first phase of a more detailed plan is what
> you now have 
> > available.  The Hosta Registry contains five
> powerful search 
> > utilities.
> >
> > Cultivar Name Search
> > Hybridizer Name Search
> > Leaf Color Search
> > Leaf Characteristic Search
> > Parentage Search
> >
> > Each of the five search forms are fairly
> identical, except they ask 
> > for different information.  Before you click the
> submit button or 
> > press the benterb key on your keyboard, make
> sure you understand the 
> > three special options that are available under
> each submittal form.  
> > This is where you see a checkbox/radio button to
> help you focus your 
> > search.  The three options are:
> >
> > all words
> > any of the words
> > exact phrase
> >
> > Experimenting with these options will demonstrate
> the extra 
> > capabilities of the online database search
> feature.  For example, if 
> > you are doing a Cultivar Name Search and enter sum
> and into the box, 
> > and submit your search for ball wordsb, your
> search results will 
> > yield the single cultivar H. bSum And
> Substanceb.
> >
> > However, the identical search for Sum And with
> bany of the wordsb 
> > selected returns 161 cultivar names on 4 pages of
> search results.   
> > The first three cultivars returned are: H. bAlex
> Summersb, H. 
> > bAlice In Wonderlandb, and H. bAll This And
> Heaven Toob.
> >
> > Your results are served with a maximum of 50
> cultivars per page.  
> > Clicking on the cultivar name brings up a bdetail
> pageb for that 
> > specific cultivar containing detailed information
> about your 
> > selection.  You may then click the bprevious
> pageb link on the 
> > current web page to return to your main results
> page, or you may use 
> > the bback buttonb in your web browser.  The main
> result page also 
> > has indicators and controls informing you how many
> cultivars match 
> > your search criteria and how many pages of search
> result there are.  
> > The controls allow you to navigate through the
> results quickly.
> >
> > Hybridizer Name Search:  This utility queries the
> following fields of 
> > the database to return matching cultivar names:
> >
> > Registrant
> > Originator
> > Introducer
> 
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