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Vincent S. Smithwith Dave Roberts, Mauro Gonzalez, & Simon Rycroft
Scratchpads - a space for your data on the web
The problem
• Technical ability of these communities is limited- Solutions must be easy to use
• Many data providers- Each with their own user community
• Information heterogeneous- Often specific to each community
• Resource are limited- Solutions must scale to different communities
How to manage, share & integrate digital information…
The goal
What do you want to achieve with your digital information…
• Managing: somewhere to…- Store your data- Structure to your data (helps integration)- Customized to your data and needs
• Sharing: demonstrates your value because…- Makes you visible- Allows others to use your data
- Facilitates collaboration
• Integrating: mixing data adds value because…- Provides broader context for your specialized work
- Facilitates queries- Many levels of integration with different costs & benefits
…different users have different priorities
The solution
No one solution but… use the web!
• Generalized Content Management Systems (CMS)- Easy to set up and use (no expert help)- Quick to populate with your data (you can do this)- Low level data integration - most content unstructured
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)- You don’t use this - we do- Makes digital content machine readable to facilitate integration
- Rather “experimental” for biosystematic data
• Taxonomic Content Management Systems (TCMS)- (Very) hard to set up and use (need expert help)
- (Very) difficult to populate (need expert help)- Facilitates high levels of data integration
The solution
No one solution but… use the web!
• Generalized Content Management Systems (CMS)- Easy to set up and use (no expert help)- Quick to populate with your data (you can do this)- Low level data integration - most content unstructured
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)- You don’t use this - we do- Makes digital content machine readable to facilitate integration
- Rather “experimental” for biosystematic data
• Taxonomic Content Management Systems (TCMS)- (Very) hard to set up and use (need expert help)
- (Very) difficult to populate (need expert help)- Facilitates high levels of data integration
http://vsmith.info/EDIT
What is a Content Management System?Like the system for the APR or FJP - but more fun!
What is a Content Management System?More like mySpace, or Wikipedia or flickr - but for taxonomists
Drupal CMShttp://drupal.org/
What is a Content Management System?More like mySpace, or Wikipedia or flickr - but for taxonomists
Drupal CMShttp://drupal.org/
Complex Database mounted on the web
What is a Content Management System?More like mySpace, or Wikipedia or flickr - but for taxonomists
Drupal CMShttp://drupal.org/
Complex Database mounted on the web
Customize look and functionality
What is a Content Management System?More like mySpace, or Wikipedia or flickr - but for taxonomists
Added taxonomic tools (modules)
Creating templates (“Scratchpads”) for you & your community to mount your digital information on the web
Scratchpad screenshots
Licehttp://phthiraptera.org
Flieshttp://www.milichiidae.info
Fungus Gnatshttp://www.sciaroidea.info
African Dung Beetleshttp://www.dungbeetle.co.uk
Creating your Scratchpad
How to apply for, customize and use a Scratchpad
1. Sign the terms & conditions form
4. Book an initial appointment with Simon
3. Wait for your e-mail messages
2. Fill out an electronic registration
…it is that simple!
5. You and your collaborators add content
Useful Links
• Scratchpads- Info: http://www.editwebrevisions.info/scratchpads - Signup: http://www.editwebrevisions.info/application- Help: http://www.editwebrevisions.info/help
• EDIT- Workpackage 6: http://www.editwebrevisions.info/- Workpackage 5: http://wp5.e-taxonomy.eu/- EDIT: http://www.e-taxonomy.net/
• Me: http://vsmith.info/
Where to find more information…