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TaxonWorks is in its infancy. Read the whitepaper (comment on it if you wish) at [http://taxonworks.org]. | TaxonWorks is in its infancy. Read the whitepaper (comment on it if you wish) at [http://taxonworks.org]. | ||
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| + | Outline for dense paragraph for use by potential collaborators. Here's a first stab. | ||
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| + | • TaxonWorks, the new standard for taxonomic workbench tools | ||
| + | • Why TaxonWorks | ||
| + | o stable endowment supported | ||
| + | o Unified workbench (specimens, character matrices, keys, publication ready output) concept: Species File, MX, 3i | ||
| + | o Software group of Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois | ||
| + | o Built in a collaborative Ruby codebase | ||
| + | o 6 full time staff for development, debugging, hardware maintenance | ||
| + | o Meets current data standards (DwC, TDWG…) | ||
| + | o Internet based | ||
| + | o Global data sharing: CoL, GBIF (DwC-A), ITIS, EoL | ||
| + | • Provide MX for short-term use | ||
| + | • Migrate to TaxonWorks in 2015 | ||
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Quick links: | Quick links: | ||
[[User Stories]], [[Rails Biodiversity Applications]], [[Rails]], [[Biological Properties]] | [[User Stories]], [[Rails Biodiversity Applications]], [[Rails]], [[Biological Properties]] | ||
Revision as of 10:15, 18 October 2013
TaxonWorks is in its infancy. Read the whitepaper (comment on it if you wish) at [1].
Outline for dense paragraph for use by potential collaborators. Here's a first stab.
• TaxonWorks, the new standard for taxonomic workbench tools • Why TaxonWorks o stable endowment supported o Unified workbench (specimens, character matrices, keys, publication ready output) concept: Species File, MX, 3i o Software group of Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois o Built in a collaborative Ruby codebase o 6 full time staff for development, debugging, hardware maintenance o Meets current data standards (DwC, TDWG…) o Internet based o Global data sharing: CoL, GBIF (DwC-A), ITIS, EoL • Provide MX for short-term use • Migrate to TaxonWorks in 2015
Quick links:
User Stories, Rails Biodiversity Applications, Rails, Biological Properties
