Canadensys ExplorerChristian Gendreau, Anne Bruneau, Peter Desmet, David ShorthouseUniversité de Montréal, Biodiversity Centre

What it is?

Filter occurrence records

Query on map

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Download resultsEmail message contains:• Recommended citation• Licencing information• Link to revisit the queryDownload contains:• Darwin Core Archive

Progression - Data

Progression – Features 2014

● 1.2.5: January 2014● 2.0.0: Framework Update● 2.1.0: GeoSpatial filters● 2.2.0: Customization enhancements

System Architecture

How it was built● Iterative and incremental approach

o Rapid deliveryo Adapt to changing requirementso Adapt to changing circumstances

Explorer Architecture

Query System● Abstraction from storage technology

o Allows for changing technologyo Decouples filter from how data is stored

Examples of changes• Changes storage technology• Changes asked by Agriculture Canada & Other

Stakeholders• Changes/adds filters• Allows customization

What’s next• Cluster map points• Integrate checklists• Support for extensions

Cluster Map Points

Leaflet.MarkerCluster example from leafletjs.com

Integrate ChecklistsFilter and show records according to a known

checklist Examples: Catalogue of Life, Vascular Plants of

Canada Ingested as Darwin Core Archives Used as a pre-computed filter of concepts

Parses namestrings into canonical forms Reconciles against species namestrings,

accommodates synonymy Resolves and displays hierarchy information

Support for ExtensionsAdd support for Simple Multimedia extension

Thorough display of image information Attribution, licensing

Possibly ingest, cache and create thumbnailsAdd support for Darwin Core Identification History

extension Enhance filtering

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