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Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities
Abstract. We review the Symbiota software platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information portals and communities. Symbiota was originally conceived to promote small- to medium-sized, regionally and/or taxonomically themed collaborations of natural history collections. Over the past eig...
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2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4092327/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1114 |
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author | Gries, Corinna Gilbert, Edward E. Franz, Nico M. |
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description | Abstract. We review the Symbiota software platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information portals and communities. Symbiota was originally conceived to promote small- to medium-sized, regionally and/or taxonomically themed collaborations of natural history collections. Over the past eight years the taxonomically diverse portals have grown into an important resource in North America and beyond for mobilizing, integrating, and using specimen- and observation-based occurrence records and derivative biodiversity information products. Designed to mirror the conceptual structure of traditional floras and faunas, Symbiota is exclusively web-based and employs a novel data model, information linking, and algorithms to provide highly dynamic customization. The themed portals enable meaningful access to biodiversity data for anyone from specialist to high school student. Symbiota emulates functionality of modern Content Management Systems, providing highly sophisticated yet intuitive user interfaces for data entry, batch processes, and editing. Each kind of content provision may be selectively accessed by authenticated information providers. Occupying a fairly specific niche in the biodiversity informatics arena, Symbiota provides extensive data exchange facilities and collaborates with other development projects to incorporate and not duplicate functionality as appropriate. |
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spelling | pubmed-40923272014-07-23 Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities Gries, Corinna Gilbert, Edward E. Franz, Nico M. Biodivers Data J Software Description Abstract. We review the Symbiota software platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information portals and communities. Symbiota was originally conceived to promote small- to medium-sized, regionally and/or taxonomically themed collaborations of natural history collections. Over the past eight years the taxonomically diverse portals have grown into an important resource in North America and beyond for mobilizing, integrating, and using specimen- and observation-based occurrence records and derivative biodiversity information products. Designed to mirror the conceptual structure of traditional floras and faunas, Symbiota is exclusively web-based and employs a novel data model, information linking, and algorithms to provide highly dynamic customization. The themed portals enable meaningful access to biodiversity data for anyone from specialist to high school student. Symbiota emulates functionality of modern Content Management Systems, providing highly sophisticated yet intuitive user interfaces for data entry, batch processes, and editing. Each kind of content provision may be selectively accessed by authenticated information providers. Occupying a fairly specific niche in the biodiversity informatics arena, Symbiota provides extensive data exchange facilities and collaborates with other development projects to incorporate and not duplicate functionality as appropriate. Pensoft Publishers 2014-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4092327/ /pubmed/25057252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1114 Text en Corinna Gries, Edward E. Gilbert, Nico M. Franz http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Software Description Gries, Corinna Gilbert, Edward E. Franz, Nico M. Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities |
title | Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities |
title_full | Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities |
title_fullStr | Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities |
title_full_unstemmed | Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities |
title_short | Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities |
title_sort | symbiota – a virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities |
topic | Software Description |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4092327/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1114 |
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