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@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ framework, with [Vite](https://vitejs.dev) as the build tool. Much of the styling is done using [Tailwind](https://tailwindcss.com). Packages are managed using [npm](https://www.npmjs.com) and [Node.js](https://nodejs.org). -On the server side, tree data is served and generated using Python, with packages -managed using [Pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip). Tree data is stored using [Sqlite](https://www.sqlite.org). +On the server side, tree data is served and generated using Python, with +packages managed using [Pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip). Tree data is +stored using [Sqlite](https://www.sqlite.org). ## Files @@ -32,9 +33,9 @@ managed using [Pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip). Tree data is stored using [Sq ## Setup Instructions -Note: Running your own version of the client and server should be -straightforward, but generating the database will take a long time. -More details are in backend/data/README.md. +Note: Running your own version of the client and server should be straightforward, +but generating the database that they use takes a long time. More details are +in backend/data/README.md. ### Client Side 1. If you don't have npm or Node.js installed, you can download a Node installer from diff --git a/src/components/HelpModal.vue b/src/components/HelpModal.vue index b37d954..7e0b66b 100644 --- a/src/components/HelpModal.vue +++ b/src/components/HelpModal.vue @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ </template> <template #content> <div :class="contentClasses"> - <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">How Accurate is the Information?</h1> + <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">How accurate is the information?</h1> <p> This is hard to answer precisely. The datasets are from large projects with many contributors, trying to track a constantly changing field of knowledge. @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ </p> <ul class="list-disc pl-4"> <li> - <h2 class="font-bold">Errors in Node Linkage</h2> + <h2 class="font-bold">Errors in node linkage</h2> <p> The datasets don't share the same set of node identifiers. So, in order to link nodes from one dataset with another, their plain names were used. @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ </p> </li> <li> - <h2 class="font-bold">Errors within the Datasets</h2> + <h2 class="font-bold">Errors within the datasets</h2> <p> Some issues are internal to the datasets themselves. For example, an image from EOL might display a plant that is in the wrong taxon. Some of these can be @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ </p> </li> <li> - <h2 class="font-bold">Errors in Descriptions</h2> + <h2 class="font-bold">Errors in descriptions</h2> <p> The short descriptions were extracted using imprecise heuristics. There are many cases of leftover wikitext markup, or cut-off sentences. @@ -305,47 +305,62 @@ </li> </ul> <br/> - <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Where are the Dogs?</h1> + <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Where are the dogs?</h1> <p> Generally, the nodes in the tree don't go below the species level. And dog breeds aren't considered separate species, but as variant descendants of Canis familiaris. </p> <br/> - <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Why is there no Tile for the Dinosaurs?</h1> + <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Why is there no tile for the dinosaurs?</h1> <p> Some names don't correspond to a single node, but to multiple nodes from different ancestors. Many dinosaurs are under Sauria, but share that parent with non-dinosaurs, such as turtles. </p> <br/> - <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Shouldn't there be more Bacteria?</h1> + <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Shouldn't there be more bacteria?</h1> <p> Many of the bacteria don't have images, and were excluded from the default Visual tree. </p> <br/> - <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Why do some Tiles share the same Description?</h1> + <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Why do some grasses share the same description?</h1> <p> - Nodes are largely matched with Wikipedia descriptions using wiki page names. - So, if there are two names for which Wikipedia redirects to a shared page that - provides a generic description, they will both get the same description. + Nodes are largely matched with descriptions using Wikipedia page names. + And, if two names redirect to a page that provides a generic description, + they will both get the same description. Unfortunately, this can result in + two species of grass being described like a third closely-related species. </p> <br/> - <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Some Search Suggestions are Unusual</h1> + <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Why did searching for 'goat' send me to the moths?</h1> <p> - As an example, in the Complex tree, searching for 'orange', then pressing enter, - brings up a kind of butterfly, instead of a citrus plant. This is because, currently, - suggestions are not ordered by how well-known the taxons are. + When you search for a name, then press enter, the first result is used. + Currently, search suggestions are not ordered by well-known the taxons are, + so the first result might mean 'Goat Moth' instead of 'Domestic Goat'. </p> <br/> - <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Some of the Images are Weird</h1> + <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Why do a lot of fish have their heads clipped out?</h1> <p> - Selection and extraction of the images was done semi-automatically, and sometimes - this hasn't worked well. For example, many birds have their heads cropped out. - And some images were selected despite being non-ideal. Some fish are shown in a - preserved form that is hard to recognise. And some moths are shown alongside - a more prominent plant, and are hard to see. + Cropping images into squares was done semi-automatically, and sometimes this + doesn't work well, especially for animals with long bodies. It's not always + straightforward to figure out which end is the head, and should be kept in frame. + </p> + <br/> + <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">Why do some snail images just look like documents?</h1> + <p> + Not all organisms are easy to get live images of. Some of them only have + small parts shown, or are in a preserved form, with nearby documentation + appearing more prominent. + </p> + <br/> + <h1 class="text-lg font-bold">I'm an arachnophobe. How do I avoid spider images?</h1> + <p> + Spiders are placed under Araneae, so don't go there. You might want to avoid + Chelicerata in general, as it contains pseudo-spiders like harvestmen and tickspiders. + Actually, maybe avoid the arthropods altogether, as they include spider crabs. + Come to think of it, some of the bird images show them eating spiders, so maybe + that won't work either ... </p> </div> </template> |