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Digitization and the richness of type Digitization and the richness of type specimens at the Paris Herbarium -specimens at the Paris Herbarium -
Pascale Chesselet & Jean-Noël LabatPascale Chesselet & Jean-Noël Labat
Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleMuséum National d’Histoire NaturelleParis, FranceParis, France
Spotlight onSpotlight on the Global Plants Initiative the Global Plants Initiative
Global PlantsGlobal PlantsInitiativeInitiative
The aim of GPI:The aim of GPI:
To build a comprehensive online research To build a comprehensive online research tool aggregating and linking scholarly tool aggregating and linking scholarly botanical resources around the worldbotanical resources around the world
http://plants.jstor.org
International collaborationInternational collaboration148 institutes in 52 countries148 institutes in 52 countries
24 bit colour, 600 dpi, TiffOriginal scans ± 200 MegFlashpix technology ± 50-80 Meg – multiple versions of files within itselfFSI Viewer
High-Resolution Type Specimens and Supporting MaterialsHigh-Resolution Type Specimens and Supporting Materials
High resolutionHigh resolution
8 X what can be seen with the naked eye8 X what can be seen with the naked eye
Herbier NationalHerbier Nationalde Paris (P & PC)de Paris (P & PC)
Paris, Kew, New York, Geneva ………
11 million specimens
> 600 000 types
Vascular Plants & Cryptogams
Type specimen digitizationType specimen digitization
Search for typesVerification
Bar code Label data capture
Image scan
Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage to the Middle East 1700-17021700-1702
DataDissectionsDetailmeasurements
AnnotationsOriginal polynomial
Siphonia brasiliensis Willd. Triticum durum Desf.
Types of economically important plants
Total: 978 108 specimens digitized of which 120 773 are types
Geographic coverage of type secimens
America
Asia
Oceania
New Caledonia
North Africa
Tropical Africa
Madagascar
Europe
Vascular Plants Cryptogams
African Plants InitiativeAfrican Plants Initiative
453 609 objects453 609 objects
118 collections118 collections
114 contributors114 contributors
31 countries31 countries
4 years4 years
± 60 000 species± 60 000 species
API - Taxonomic backboneAPI - Taxonomic backbone
JSTOR Plant ScienceJSTOR Plant Science
At the end of the project, the database should host 2.2 million type specimens that will be digitized, ingested and available on the website by 2012
Features of GPI
Linking related materials - literature on Jstor
Several languages: English, French, Portuguese & Spanish
Materials available: from archival documents to periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, reference works, maps, specimens, illustrations….
Advanced online tools…and more….
How people are using GPI
Research (GPI, JStor)Research (GPI, JStor)
Discovery (microscope surrogate)Discovery (microscope surrogate)
Measuring & recording measurementsMeasuring & recording measurements
Species identificationSpecies identification
Plant usesPlant uses
SharingSharing
Editing and refining the dataEditing and refining the data
OutcomeOutcome
Comprehensive datasetsComprehensive datasets
Data repatriationData repatriation
Tools for taxonomistsTools for taxonomists
Building capacity - taxonomistsBuilding capacity - taxonomists
Fundamental species data (types) Fundamental species data (types) available world-wideavailable world-wide