The TRY Database SystemGerhard Bönisch, Jens Kattge, Christian Wirth, Sandra Diaz, Sandra Lavorel, Colin Prentice, Paul Leadley

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We collect Plant Trait Datasets from Custodians, curate the data, and hand them out to request PIs

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& Tables for:• Data• Species• Files• Original File Column Headings• Etc.

Pillar 2 – Database Structure That does not limit traits and covariates

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Pillar 3 – No Effort For Contributors

No Template to fill out

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Pillar 4 - Data Curation

GUI MS Access Tools with Graphics1. Data transferred from main database (MySQL)2. Handled and corrected if necessary in local tables3. Moved back to main database

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Data Request to The TRY Database

Data Output

MS Access Tool1. Connects to web database (MySQL) for request data2. Connects to main database (MySQL) for trait data3. Selects output records4. Writes output records in output format to text file5. Zips output text file6. Adds Data Release Notes (pdf) to zip file7. Adds IPG (pdf) to zip file

Includes original and standard data

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