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Scratchpads
Vincent S. Smith,Simon D. Rycroft, & Dave Roberts
“getting biodiversity on the web”
Scratchpads
1. Concept, hosting & config.
2. Applications & users
3. Functionality
4. Future directions
- talk outline
Scratchpads- Concept
1. Your Data2. Submitted via
Web forms3. Creates your
Scratchpad
Scratchpads- Hosting & configuration
• Single virtual machine • LAMP software setup
Host
• Drupal CMS (multisite config.)• Shared permissions, roles & sys. tables• Shared modules• Apache name based virtual hosts• Separate site databases & content• Auto. site creation via scripts
Configuration
• Self content archival (citable) • Daily backup (last 6 months)
Archival & Backup
Scratchpads- Application process
• Biological focus• Must agree to T&C’s• CC license by-nc-sa
Signup Requirements
• Name• Scope• Mission statement• (Sub)domain name• 3rd party API keys
Signup Form
http://www.editwebrevisions.info/application
Scratchpads- Use / users
• Taxon (x13)
• Checklists (x4)
• Societies (x4)
• Administrative (x2)
• Regional (x2)
• e-Journals (x1)
Site types* (26 total)
• Registered users (200)
• Total pages (40k)
• Page views (700k)
• Collective visits (46k)
Usage Statistics*
1 June - 1 Sept. 07*http://www.editwebrevisions.info/SiteList
Scratchpads- Help screencasts
• Signup • Overview• Simple maps• Forum• Taxonomy• Filestore• Literature• Images• Custom data• Administration
Videos with Commentary
And 14 more…
http://www.editwebrevisions.info/help
Username: test
Password: password
Sandbox
Automatically resets every hour
Scratchpads- Testdrive
http://sandbox.editwebrevisions.info/
http://yourSCRATCHPADaddress.info/taskguide
Functionality- Taskguide
Functionality- Google Maps
Geolocate points
Point & Click Map Creation
Presence/Absence Maps
Functionality- Forum & document management
Standard forum & document management functions
Functionality- Classifications (basic features)
• Multiple classifications• List terms• Basic editing• Classify any content• View classified content
Functionality- Classifications (import)
uBio ClassificationBank
Excel File Import
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Functionality- Classifications (advanced features*)
Advanced Intuitive EditingPygmyBrowse
Coming soon*
Functionality- Scholarly publications
• Manage bibliographies• Edit references• Import / export lists• OpenURL (via BioGUID)• OAI Protocol
Functionality- Images • Bulk upload & annotation
• Extensive browse & search• Rights control• Web image labeling• Two sets of RSS feeds
Functionality- Store & visualize Newick formatted phylogenies*
Coming soon*
Functionality- Genes, DNA sequences, specimen lists, custom data
Coming soon*
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Functionality- Administration • Unlimited site users
• Template user roles• Customize & control all content• Organic groups for collaboration• Built in logs & spam filtering• OpenID single sign-on• One click backup downloads*
Coming soon*
3. Data warehouse / EDIT CDM
Future Directions
(Sharing module choices, development & scripts, developing the Scratchpads as a general science tool)
(Possible data source, unlikely to be pursued until after first release of EOL in Feb. ‘08)
(Warehouse feeding iSpecies2 as envisioned in http://vsmith.info/myspecies2 / data source for EDIT CDM)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) &
2. Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
Acknowledgements
• Malcolm Scoble (NHM, Entomology)
• Chris Lyal (NHM, Entomology.)
• Rod Page (Univ. of Glasgow)
Questions?