CGA’s Cashmere Goat Database & Registry · Database structure & elements • Farms & Users:...
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CGA’s Cashmere Goat Database & Registry
https://www.cashmeregoatassociation.info
Enter via https://www.cashmeregoatassociation.org
Presentation by Pamela Haendle
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Goals
• A repository of data for research on cashmere goats• Pedigrees• Correlations between qualities / characteristics
• A source for farmers seeking breeding stock with specific qualities
• A repository for herd codes for cashmere goat farms in North America
• A registry for cashmere goats who have met the North American Cashmere Goat Breed standard.
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History
• Work begun by CGA members in 2013
• Database (InnoDB) designed and built (in MySQL) in 2017
• RFP for interface issued in 2017
• Entries recorded and first 97 goats certified as registered in October 2017
• Live site for database/registry interface established in June 2019
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Database structure & elements
• Farms & Users: Farmers, Judges, and a Registrar
• Events – for assessments / evaluations
• Goats & characteristics – as registry candidates, pedigree entries
• Evaluations – recognized shows, competitions, laboratories• Multiples possible per goat
• Direct access to tables for research
• Location history
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The North American Cashmere Goat Standard and the NACG Registry
• The Registry as a subset of the CGA Cashmere Goat Database
• Role of the NACG standard in certifying registered cashmere goats
• Definition of the NACG Registry – an OPEN registry
• Controlling and limiting GIGO via:• Standardized scoring approach, recognized events & laboratories• System edits for “reasonableness”• Structural controls to eliminate duplicate entry• A registrar certifying all evaluations, storing backup documentation
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Registration Process
• Owner entry of goat identification, goat characteristics, pedigree
• Owner or judge entry of evaluation data
• Owner delivery of backup data (scorecard scans, lab reports) to registrar
• Registrar review of evaluation data, standard requirements, backup data
• Registrar certification of evaluation; entry as “registered”
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Search and List Functions
• Farm and farmer data
• Search for specific goats – registered, candidates, pedigree entries
• List of all registered goats
• Search for goats with a given sire or dam
• Search for goats with specified qualities
• Open to all users
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Research
• Ad hoc queries in SQL against database
• Available on request to registrar
• Potential• Surveying the cashmere goat population• Establishing correlations between characteristics and qualities• Establishing scoring patterns among judges• In the future: correlations between management practices and qualities
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DEMO
• Lists, reports
• Searches
• Registration process and certification