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Scratchpads: Building web communities supporting biodiversity science
D. Roberts, K. Harman, S. Rycroft & V. Smith
Nomenclators
Index FungorumZooBankIPNI(Kew/AUS/Harvard)INGAFD/APC/APUINZORCoL (Sp2000& ITIS)ZooRecord
PESI: ERMS Fauna Europea Euro+Med PlantbaseORBISWORMSFlora Europea
GNOMA(NomenclatprArchitecture)
Checklists
CDM
GNA (NameBank)
uBio
PLAZIInotaxaBHLeFloras
IPNIGoogle ScholarConnoteaViTaLISI
Scan / Mark/up
Bibliographic
Phylogenetic Molecular Databases
Biodiversity
Name Functions
Molecular Functions
Literature Functions Morphological Functions
GBIF
LifeWatch
Specimen Access
Distribution Functions
TDWG
Descriptive / classification
Identification Inter-Institutional Institutional
Tree of LifeTreeBaseCIPRES
NCBI/EMBL/DDBJCBoLBarcode of Life Initiative
ALACONABIOCRIA (Brazil)IUCNSEEKOPALDAISIEiNaturalist
Note:there are 600 biodiversity projects listed by TDWG
including most of the projects listed here.
EoLScratchpadsCATEMorphoBankWikipedia
Key2NatureIdentifyLife
SynthesisBCIBioCASEGeoCASEMaNIS
EMu (=MOA)Recorder
Indicated a link yet to be realised A many-to-many relationship
1. Collaborative working
2. Publication & Accessibility
3. Adaptability to the internet age
Business as usual is not an option.
Directions & Challenges
Scratchpads: RationaleHosted web sites, with tools for taxonomists
Unbranded, to encourage community identity
Intended to encourage community building
Tools to facilitate structuring of data
Has many potential meanings:
Classification import from uBio Classification Bank
Import from tab delimited files in three different formats
Makes use of a core feature of Drupal
Taxonomy backbone
Quick and easy
Data available immediately after upload
Works with any extra data that may be added to a taxonomy (vernacular names, synonymy)
Auto tagging
Small pieces loosely joined
Has many potential meanings:
Joining contributors together to form communities
Small pieces loosely joined
Has many potential meanings:
Joining contributors together to form communities
Joining the data together that go towards forming a Scratchpad
Small pieces loosely joined
Has many potential meanings:
Joining contributors together to form communities
Joining the data together that go towards forming a Scratchpad
Joining Scratchpad content with the landscape of biodiversity informatics data on the web
The technology must largely embody the cause–effect relationship connecting problem to solution.
The effects of the technological fix must be assessable using relatively unambiguous or uncontroversial criteria.
Research and development is most likely to contribute decisively to solving a social problem when it focuses on improving a standardized technical core that already exists.
Sarewitz and Nelson (2008) Three rules for technological fixes. Nature, 456: 871-872
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"By deciding to launch web-based resources or services, scholarly projects are moving from a relatively sheltered environment, operating at the pace of the academic enterprise, into one that operates at the speed of web commerce. It is a challenging new world."
While much attention is given to making material available online, very little is given to making sure people become aware of it and can find it. "We find few digital resource projects have devoted substantial financial or intellectual resources to understanding user needs, preferences and behaviours," say the authors of the report, who call for a "shift in mindset" among project leaders if their projects are to secure needed ongoing resources.
Martin Whitaker, JISC Inform 22 (EducationGuardian.co.uk, Monday 21 April 2008)
Quoting the Ithaka Report:
http://www.ithaka.org/strategic-services/university-publishing
Scratchpads: use / usersSite types* (89 total+)
Taxon (x40)Information & service (x18)Regional (x20)Societies (x3)Demonstration & tutorial (x2)e-Journals (x1)
Usage Statistics*Registered users 997from >28 countriesTotal pages ~121kDaily visits: ~250Average visit time: 4 minPages / visit: ~5Max daily: ~3,000
1 Aug 08- 19 Dec 08*
+ 5 private sites