the natural history museum speaker: charles hussey science data co-ordinator department of...

The Natural History Museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk

Speaker:

Charles HusseyScience Data Co-ordinatorDepartment of Information

and Library Systemsc.hussey@nhm.ac.uk

2-year project funded by New Opportunities Fund (£135K)

Nature Navigator project

A finding-aid for information on wildlife in the British Isles Designed for the general public

Uses names that they will be familiar with

Maps these to scientific names

Encourages exploration of relationships

Helps with understanding of scientific classification

Provides onward links to on-line resources

In essence – a multilingual thesaurus

Knowledgebase (1)

Knowledgebase (2)

Knowledgebase (3)

Knowledgebase – Data Model

Knowledgebase – Data Model

Knowledgebase – Data Model

Knowledgebase – Data Model

Knowledgebase – Data Model

Web Application – Data Model

Web Application – Data Model

Web Application – Data Model

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping

www.touchgraph.com

www.nhm.ac.uk/naturenavigator - launching 16th November