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Small pieces loosely joinedBuilding scientific web communities with Scratchpads
S. Rycroft, D. Roberts, K. Harman, V. Smith
Macro scale taxonomyThe big picture of taxonomic research
Goal…• Inventory the Earth’s species• Document their relationships• “Publish” these data
Data set…• 1.8M described species• 300M pages (over last 250 years)• 1.5-3B specimens
People…• 4-6K scientists• 30-40K amateurs
Micro scale taxonomyThe practice of taxonomic research
Sociology…• Parochial• Specialized experts• Fragmented & distributed
Methodology…• Different• Communities of practice• Data rich
Output…• Heterogeneous & scattered• High volume, low impact• Hard to find (use)
Integrating micro & macro taxonomyPulling taxonomy and taxonomists together
The traditional approach• One size fits all• Specific to developers• Unsustainable• Results in few users and slow
adoption
Scratchpads attempt to bridge this gap
Your data1
Published & reviewed
on your site
3Uploaded & tagged
2
What is a Scratchpad?A website for you & your community
Your data
Specimens
ImagesLiterature
DNA & Phylogenies
Descriptions
Taxonomy backbone
• Classification import from uBio Classification Bank
• Import from tab delimited files in three different formats
• Makes use of a core feature of Drupal
Auto tagging
• Quick and easy• Data available immediately after
upload• Works with any extra data that
may be added to a taxonomy (vernacular names, synonymy)
http://catlife.myspecies.info/
Sucking lice (Anoplura) have around 500 species and represent the smaller of the two traditional suborders of lice. The Anoplura are all blood-feeding ectoparasites of mammals. They can cause localised skin irritations and are vectors of several blood-borne diseases.
Children appear particularly susceptible to attracting lice, possibly due to their fine hair.
At least three species of Anoplura are parasites of humans; the human condition of being infested with sucking lice is called pediculosis. Pediculus humanus is divided into two subspecies, Pediculus humanus humanus, or the body louse, sometimes nicknamed "the seam squirrel" for its habit of laying of eggs in the seams of clothing, and Pediculus humanus capitis, or the head louse. Phthirus pubis (the pubic louse) is the cause of the condition known as crabs
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
Taxon pages
• Content is displayed in “Panels” on “taxon pages”
• Panels is a plugin feature for Drupal provided by a third party
• Extended with “View controls” and a “Panel creation wizard”
Default Panels
Default Panels
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
TapirLink provides specimens to GBIF
based on Darwincore
Common Drupal base means LifeDesk
modules will work with Scratchpads
Working with colleagues in Berlin,
we’ll also be providing data to the
EDIT CDM
Questions?