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Vincent S. SmithDave Roberts & Simon Rycroft
Small pieces loosely joinedGetting louse researchon the Web
Phthiraptera.org
Pros • High quality• Bespoke • Digital ‘hub’
Cons • 1 Person • Limited updates• Taxonomy focus• No digital services• No ‘ownership’• Slow to buildhttp://phthiraptera.org
A common experienceExamples from the NHM, London
Spanish Sandflies
Lepidoptera
Solanaceae
Chalcid Wasps
British Fleas
Martian Meteorites
Loch Ness Worms Bumble bees
Explosion of Web (2.0) toolsPutting you in control
What is a Scratchpad?A website for you & your community
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Fast Intuitive Fit for use
What is a Scratchpad?A website for you & your community
http://scratchpads.eu
ScratchpadsA multi-site implementation of Drupal
Scratchpad Application FormFree to any individual or community
Flexible Template SiteWith easy navigation
An ecosystem of communities
Sites: 150+
Users: 2000+
Pages: 266k
Circa 2 new sites/wk.
March 2007
Phthiraptera.orgReborn as a Scratchpad
http://phthiraptera.myspecies.info
Phthiraptera.orgYour content available to edit by you…
e.g. Your research profile
Content Summary Phthiraptera.org
Data so far… • Phthirapterists (296)• Lice (8,040)• Birds (5,640)• Mammals (6,561)• Louse-host associations (12,472)• Bibliographic data (9,759)• Institutional collections (62)
Data to follow… • Images (7,650, 440 taxa)• PDF attachments (4,084)• Phylogenies (30+)
Will get prettier
The futurePhthiraptera.org
That’s all folks… • It’s a community based site• Needs you to submit data• Needs a senior editor• Its your site, not mine
THIS SITE NEEDS YOU!
Louse Scratchpad WorkshopTuesday 12-13.00, June 15th
To cover…• An overview of what’s possible• Accounts & logging in• Taxonomy• Louse - host associations• Bibliographies• E-mail forums• Phylogenies
No time for…• Private groups• Character projects• Publications• Many more things…
European Distributed Institute of TaxonomyEDIT - http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/
• Network of 27 partners• €12M Euros• Feb. 2006 - Feb. 2011
“to integrate taxonomic research and improve the production of knowledge”
ViBRANT
INFRA-2010-1.2.3 (VRC)17 Partners, 9 countries€4.75M
• Distribute hosting infrastructure• Web services on major data types• Registry of sites and data services• Common data portal• New services (keys / phylog.)• Vocab. / ontology site (GBIF)• User support• Sociological research
• Formal publishing
BMC Bioinformatics
BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 (Suppl 14)S6doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-S14-S6
Published: 10 November 2009
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