Plays Well with Others, or What I’ve learned as a data provider in an interoperable world.
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Plays well with others, or What I’ve learned as a data provider in an interoperable world. Chris Freeland Missouri Botanical Garden Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Presentation by Chris Freeland to Museum Computer Network Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, November 8, 2007.
Transcript of Plays Well with Others, or What I’ve learned as a data provider in an interoperable world.
Plays well with others, or
What I’ve learned as a data provider in an interoperable world.
Chris Freeland
Missouri Botanical GardenBiodiversity Heritage Library
About Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT)
MBG Research
MOBOT Research
Biodiversity data are stored in:
Printed publications since 1750’s
Museum collections…
especially the label >>
Database records
Images
Data sharing
Plant Names
Specimens
Plant Names
Plant NamesSpecimensDescriptions
Plant Names
Plant Names
Citations
Where’s my all-in-one,
comprehensive, data translator?
Featuring theUniversal MultiSchema
XSLT® adapter
Data Sharing
• Standards • Services
Data Sharing
Networks & Standards & Services, of course, but also…
Standards and the Next Big Thing
• EOL & BHL
Interchange vs. internal storage
Dublin Core• Title• Creator• Subject• Description• Contributor
My Data• Title• Author• SubjectHeading• Description• Editor
Interchange vs. internal storage
Dublin Core• Title• Creator• Subject• Description• Contributor
My Data• Title• Author• SubjectHeading• Description• Editor
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Reuse, don’t rebuild
Screenshot of Names Finding
Thank You
http://www.tropicos.orghttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
http://www.eol.orghttp://www.ubio.org
