Need your help for a trait hierarchy

[Melanie774 Kidd]

(10-03-2011 03:08 AM)Saga Felix Wrote:  Hey Malicia - seems we're quite a few working on just that :-) I have been fortunate to have a lot of kind people's help, so I definately found out more than I could have on my own, and I did promise to share it once I got any sort of order in the chaos that is my notes

So, where did everyone's info go? Right now, it's in a notecard in my inventory, and on a spreadsheet, and soon also in a google docs that Khea made for that purpose... But how to best present the whole thing when there's still tons of holes in the lines of proof? THAT's the main problem right now. I'd hate to ruin someone's breeding by making inaccurate assumptions here and there.

However, some things are 100% sure - like the tail traits, the ear traits, the whisker traits and all the genesis traits - and they will go into those google docs very soon. The non-genesis furs and eyes present a bigger problem - but the more, the merrier - and if you manage to find a way to share half-finished lists in a brilliant way, I'll happily contribute to your project as well as my own

Saga

That's the beauty of a spreadsheet, there's 'insert cell' and 'insert row' and 'insert column'

You could put some kind of disclaimer on the spreadsheet so that viewers understand the data is still being collated. There's also 'notes' you can put onto the spreadsheets, so you could add in things like 'this is a sub-string of data that could be moved later when more info comes to light', or color code for stuff like that.

edited to add: Also, the 'notes' or 'comments' feature is where you could paste where you got the information from. For example, when someone sends you a notecard saying "A Eye is more recessive than B Eye" and cites the kitten's info, you could just plonk that down in there. (Or not... I'm just anal that way, habits formed from being a statistician )