scratchpads in the biodiversity informatics landscape
DESCRIPTION
Roberts, D., Harman, K., Rycroft, S.D. & Smith, V.S. Stockholm Biodiversity Informatics Symposium 2008, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden 1-4 December 2008.TRANSCRIPT
Scratchpads in the Biodiversity Informatics Landscape
D. Roberts, K. Harman, S. Rycroft & V. Smith
Nomenclators
Index FungorumZooBankIPNI(Kew/AUS/Harvard)INGAFD/APC/APUINZORCoL (Sp2000& ITIS)ZooRecord
PESI: ERMS Fauna Europea Euro+Med PlantbaseORBISWORMSFlora Europea
GNOMA(NomenclatprArchitecture)
Checklists
CDM
GNA (NameBank)
uBio
PLAZIInotaxaBHLeFloras
IPNIGoogle ScholarConnoteaViTaLISI
Scan / Mark/up
Bibliographic
Phylogenetic Molecular Databases
Biodiversity
Name Functions
Molecular Functions
Literature Functions Morphological Functions
GBIF
LifeWatch
Specimen Access
Distribution Functions
TDWG
Descriptive / classification
Identification Inter-Institutional Institutional
Tree of LifeTreeBaseCIPRES
NCBI/EMBL/DDBJCBoLBarcode of Life Initiative
ALACONABIOCRIA (Brazil)IUCNSEEKOPALDAISIEiNaturalist
Note:there are 600 biodiversity projects listed by TDWG
including most of the projects listed here.
EoLScratchpadsCATEMorphoBankWikipedia
Key2NatureIdentifyLife
SynthesisBCIBioCASEGeoCASEMaNIS
EMu (=MOA)Recorder
Indicated a link yet to be realised A many-to-many relationship
EDITEuropean
Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
1. Collaborative working
2. Publication & Accessibility
3. Adaptability to the internet age
Business as usual is not an option.
Directions & Challenges
Scratchpads: RationaleHosted web sites, with tools for taxonomists
Unbranded, to encourage community identity
Intended to encourage community building
Tools to facilitate structuring of data
Your data 1
Published & reviewed on your site
3 Uploaded &
tagged
2
What is a Scratchpad? A website for you & your community
Your data
Specimens
Images Literature
DNA & Phylogenies
Descriptions
Taxonomy backbone
• Classification import from uBio Classification Bank
• Import from tab delimited files in three different formats
• Makes use of a core feature of Drupal
Auto tagging
• Quick and easy • Data available immediately after upload • Works with any extra data that may be
added to a taxonomy (vernacular names, synonymy)
Small pieces loosely joined
Has many potential meanings: • Joining contributors together to form
communities
Small pieces loosely joined
Has many potential meanings: • Joining contributors together to form
communities • Joining the data together that go towards
forming a Scratchpad
Small pieces loosely joined
Has many potential meanings: • Joining contributors together to form
communities • Joining the data together that go towards
forming a Scratchpad • Joining Scratchpad content with the
landscape of biodiversity informatics data on the web
TapirLink provides specimens to GBIF
based on Darwincore
Common Drupal base means LifeDesk
modules will work with Scratchpads
Working with colleagues in Berlin, we’ll also be providing data to the
EDIT CDM
Current ScratchpadsAntsBeesBeetlesBig-headed fliesBirdsBlackfliesCiliatesCockroachesDragon TreesDung BeetlesFalse ButtonweedFlat wormsFliesForaminiferaFossil InsectsFungus GnatsHolometabolaLeaf-miner FliesLiceLichens of BermudaMalvaceaeMegalastrum fernsMilichiid fliesMosquitoesMossesNannotax fossilsNepticuloid mothsPalmsPearl oystersPolychaete wormsScaleworms
TermitesTriticid grassesWeevilsWood Ferns
Sulawesi FernsStick insects
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