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Invited. Presented to remotely from NHM London to senior members representing CBOL, EOL, GBIF, and Genbank in Washington D.C. and the University of Guelph.
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Vincent S. Smith
http://Scratchpads.euA summary of Scratchpad functionality
TaxonomyTaxonomy import, management and
navigation
Bibliographic data
Reference manager / Endnote support for bibliographies
Images
Image galleries,image upload & annotation
Phylogeny
Nexus / Newick import for visualizing phylogenies
Character Matricies
Molecular & morphological character matricies (discrete, morphometric and text characters)
Distribution Maps
Presence absence country maps
Specimens & locations
Specimen & location records (DwC)
Pages, Forums, Blogs, Newsletters
Web fora with e-mail integration
User blogs
Static web pages
Newsletters with e-mail integration
Mass Import
Import from CSV text file to any content type
Administration
Simple & advanced admin.
AutoTag content(automatically adds structure)
Private Groups
Customized user profiles
Create & switch between content in any language
Multilingual Support
Simple navigation menus and tools for in each site
Taskguide & Content menu
Dynamically built species pages
Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad
Taxon Pages
Browsed through a taxonomy
Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad
Taxon Pages
Including 3rd party content
Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad
Taxon Pages
With data curation toolsWith data curation tools
Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad
Taxon Pages
Listing all “authors”
Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad
Taxon Pages
Dated, permanent & citable
Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad
Taxon Pages
Control what to display
Adjusting the layout
Taxon Pages
n.b. Taxon page tools have since been updated
Infinitely customizableAntsBeesBeetlesBig-headed fliesBirdsBlackfliesCiliatesCockroachesDragon TreesDung BeetlesFalse ButtonweedFlat wormsFliesForaminiferaFossil InsectsFungus GnatsHolometabolaLeaf-miner FliesLiceLichens of BermudaMalvaceaeMegalastrum fernsMilichiid fliesMosquitoesMossesNannotax fossilsNepticuloid mothsPalmsPearl oystersPolychaete wormsScaleworms
TermitesTriticid grassesWeevilsWood Ferns
Sulawesi FernsStick insects
…and many, many more
Usage Statistics
Users: 1,346 (Total activated)Users: 941 (Active and have logged in)Users: 54 (Active and logged in NHM Users)Users: 58 (Logged in, in last 7 days)Users: 135 (Logged in, in last 30 days)
Sites: 124Sites: 127 (With users logged in, in last 7 days)Sites: 142 (With users logged in, in last 30 days)
Nodes / Pages: 174,128
As of Wednesday 25th August, 2009
Latest figures at http://scratchpads.eu/stats
Scratchpad impact
1. Bringing data togetherBiodiversity studies are data rich, poorly archived & ever changing
2. Bringing people togetherBiodiversity researchers are few in number, fragmented & highly distributed
3. Bringing science togetherBiodiversity science demands a different approach to addressing BIG questions
Scratchpads address these challenges
Ben Scott Vladimir BlagoderovIrina BrakeEdward Baker
Thanks…
Simon Rycroft Dave Roberts Kehan Harman
Questions?