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Conference 2008. TDWG. EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy – An Overview Andreas Müller , Andreas Kohlbecker, Pepe Ciardelli, Julius Welby, Pere Roca, Niels Hoffmann, Patricia Kelbert, Lutz Suhrbier and Edit co-workers. What’s that ??. Platform. … taxonomist. for. Cybertaxonomy.

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  1. Conference 2008 TDWG EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy – An Overview Andreas Müller, Andreas Kohlbecker, Pepe Ciardelli, Julius Welby, Pere Roca,Niels Hoffmann, Patricia Kelbert, Lutz Suhrbier and Edit co-workers

  2. What’s that ?? • Platform … taxonomist for • Cybertaxonomy Taxonomy, Computer, Web

  3. Platform Cache machine • Travel faster reusable Bookshop Trains (tools) McDonalds • Train platform • (station) • Trac system Photoshop • Adapter Show it Feedback Police don’t loose anything Timetable

  4. Platform Architecture • YES • Independent components (desktop or web applications or services for machines) • Old (existing) & new developments • Service oriented (SOA) • Adaptable to individual institutional IT preconditions • Gradual migration • Adaptable to new challenges • NO • Monolithic, single user interface application • Everything new

  5. Platform Components

  6. ? Data Domain • No common standard/model exists ABCD, DC, wmf, wfs TCS SDD ABCD, DC

  7. Common Data Model (CDM) • New development • Covering all relevant areas • Leans on existing standards/ models (TCS, SDD, TDWG Ontology, Berlin Model, …) • Exchange format • Expandabel http://wp5.e-taxonomy.eu/cdm/v1/

  8. IO CDM Library • To access, persist & query CDM data • Database independent • Includes taxonomic business logic (Parsing, Validation,…) • JAVA / Hibernate / Spring / Eclipse • Local and remote API (Web Services) • Bulk import/export • Collaboration with other projects (e.g. CATE) (Bulk) Import/ Export

  9. New Platform Components

  10. http://search.biocase.org/edit Patricia Kelbert, BGBM Specimen and Observation Explorer for Taxonomists • Uses GBIF data • Advanced search by using taxonomic thesauri • Larger result • High quality result

  11. Geo Services Online GIS Client & Map services • Taxonomically relevant layers • Multi species symbolization • Occurrence points • Distribution per region presence/absence • Publication ready quality • … http://edit.csic.es/edit_geo/prototype/edit_project.html Pere Roca, CSIC, Madrid; Frank Theeten, RMCA, Tervuren

  12. ViTaL - Virtual Taxonomic Library • Meta Data Search (MetaLib) • OpenURL (SFX) • Harvester for known data sources (Falx) • Web UI & Web Service

  13. Single Sign-On (Shibboleth) • EDIT Federation • Shibboleth Proxy

  14. Dataportals • Drupal based • configuration • themeing • Data from CDM via web-service • Taxonomic tree • multiple trees • filter • flattening • On-the-fly maps from GeoServer • …

  15. Taxonomic Editor • Freetext • ~ Word • ↔ forms • Nameparser • Copy & Paste • Drag & Drop • Eclipse RCP • Warning & Errors • … http://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/trac/wiki/TaxonomicEditor Pepe Ciardelli, BGBM, Berlin

  16. Descriptive Data • Use existing Tools • SDD import/export functionalities for the Common Data Model • Problem with different dialects Elise Kunzelmann, Hélène Fradin; MNHN; Paris

  17. Other Tools http://www.bdtracker.net/

  18. EDIT Platform Cybergate

  19. Integrated Workflow (Example) Data- portal - Drupal Geo- server Delta CDM Server Lucid Expert² CDM SpObET uBio BCI Tax Editor Vital

  20. Where are we ? DONE • CDM v1.0 (v1.3) • CDM Library (v1.3) • Pilot implementations • ViTaL, MapViewer, GeoService,Editor, Dataportals, Shibboleth, Taxonomic Editor • Specimen & Observation Explorer is ready TODOs: • Import-/Export • Cybergate • Tools: Full functionality • CDM / Library: Roles, Versioning, (Synchronisation) • Feedback from users

  21. Thank you !

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