TJID3 Research

T.M. Jones, Ph.D.  ·  ORCID 0000-0001-7372-6345
Botanical Primitives & Identification Keys
Florilegium Caricis · North America
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19138828  ·  2026
Zero-dependency HTML character matrix for 466 North American Carex taxa, derived from identification content in FNA Volume 23.
Digital ParatypeČысты Methodology
Scleria of North America
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19228596  ·  2026
Interactive taxonomic identification key for the genus Scleria, built as a zero-dependency field-ready primitive.
Scirpus of North America
Repository artifact  ·  2026
Identification key for the genus Scirpus, using primitive architecture focused on field-ready diagnostic character matrices.
Historical Physics Restorations
Companion to Boltzmann (1872)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18988588  ·  2025
Interactive companion to Boltzmann’s 1872 work on the H-theorem and kinetic theory, with equation glossaries and multilingual editions.
Boltzmann (1872) · Thermal Equilibrium of Gas Molecules
Repository artifact  ·  2025
Primary reconstruction layer for Boltzmann’s paper, separated from the companion build and focused more directly on the source argument itself.
Primary Text Archival Reconstruction
Companion to Einstein (1905)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18797373  ·  2024
Brownian motion reconstruction from German OCR source material, with interactive equation glossaries and multilingual translation.
Einstein (1905) · Hybrid Primary Source Reconstruction
TJID3 Research Repository  ·  2026
Direct link to the interactive primary-source restoration, integrating original German text with synchronized English translation and live mathematical glossaries.
Primary SourceTabula Born Here
Linguistics, Economics, & Time
Tabula: A Constructed Global Pidgin
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19039226  ·  2025
Phonemically stable auxiliary language synthesized from 50 source languages, with compression gains on canonical English texts.
Seeing Geologic Time: Exponential Browser Testing
Repository artifact  ·  2025
Browser stress test at geologic scale, or what happens when you feed a Kaiju to Chrome.
Michigan Cannabis Market Analysis
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18065297  ·  2024
Longitudinal market study documenting steep price collapse, regulatory asymmetries, and the structure of a volatile emerging sector.
The 20-Year File · Digital Paratypes
DOI pending metadata confirmation  ·  2025
Technical argument for publishing data, narrative, and visualization as a single durable HTML file that runs offline and resists software rot.
Prototypes
Weeds V1
 ·  2026
Mobile ID system for pests and diseases
First maps
V1 Maps for pests
Poaceae Pests and Diseases
V1 Poaceae Pests and Diseases
Fabaceae Pests and Diseases
V1 Fabaceae Pests and Diseases
Solanaceae Pests and Diseases
V1 Solanaceae Pests and Diseases
Vitaceae Pests and Diseases
V1 Vitaceae Pests and Diseases
Rutaceae Pests and Diseases
V1 Rutaceae Pests and Diseases
Prunus Pests and Diseases
V1 Prunus Pests and Diseases
Earlier Work & Foundations

Earlier biodiversity informatics and teaching tools, included here because the later primitives did not fall from the sky.

A visual identification key utilizing both gestalt and analytic approaches to identification of Carices present in North America (Plantae, Cyperaceae)
DOI: 10.3897/bdj.1.e984
Early visual key work showing how images can function as direct and comparatively unmediated aids in botanical identification.
Why is the lawn buzzing?
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1101
Visual evidence that at least one grass participates in insect pollination, against the routine shorthand of universal wind pollination.
Trends in access of plant biodiversity data revealed by Google Analytics
DOI: 10.3897/bdj.2.e1558
Analysis of expanding web access to plant biodiversity data and the institutional costs of making those data public and usable.
Web-based Computational Tools for Studying Plant Biodiversity · PhD Dissertation
etd-01212015-094504
Dissertation-scale treatment of plant biodiversity informatics, web delivery, and the problem of turning scattered data into usable identification tools.
Carex of North America
Lucid
Text-based key to Carex of North America.
Carex of Europe
Lucid
Text-based key to European Carex taxa.
Skill level Carex
Lucid
Text-based North American Carex key structured for different levels of user experience.
Eleocharis of Canada and USA
Lucid
Framework built and edited by T.M. Jones, data population by Diane Ferguson, a real hybrid job long before hybrid swarms had a name.
Scleria of North America
Lucid
Text-based key to Scleria of North America.
Generic Grasses of Canada and USA
Lucid
Framework built and edited for generic grass identification.
Bromus of Canada and USA
Lucid
Framework built and edited for Bromus identification.
Panicum / Dichanthelium of Canada and USA
Lucid
Framework built, written, and edited for these grass groups.
Paspalum of Canada and USA
Lucid
Framework built, written, and edited for Paspalum identification.
Visual Kingdom Plantae
JavaScript
Visual teaching tool for plant diversity.
Visual Carex of North America
JavaScript
Early visual key to North American Carex, later used in dissertation work.
Visual Grasses of Louisiana
JavaScript
Teaching and workshop tool for Poaceae in Louisiana.
TJID3 Research · Cleveburg · 2026
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