working with lifedesks

Katja SchulzSchulzK@si.edu

EOL Species Pages Group

Working With LifeDesks

Rubenstein Fellows WorkshopNational Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC19 March 2010

LifeDesks

Stand-alone web environments (Drupal-based)

Online management & sharing of biodiversity Information

Export content to the Encyclopedia of Life

What can you do with a LifeDesk?

Upload, manage, share classifications

Create taxon pages

Upload & organize images

Build a bibliography

Share content with EOL

Manage a team of contributors

Create web pages to promote/document your project

~ 170 LifeDesks, 13 sharing content with EOL

Creating a LifeDesk is easy!

Creating a LifeDesk is easy!

Help & Feedback

Help & Feedback

Help & Feedback

Help & Feedback

Help & Feedback

Example Lifedesk

Create a classification!

Create a classification!

Primary classification = backbone of your siteOrganize your content taxonomicallyUsed for navigation

Adding/importing taxa

Tree editor

Name data

Alternate classifications

Importing Taxa

Batch import: enter names manually

Importing Taxa

Batch import: enter names manuallySpreadsheet import

Importing Taxa

Batch import: enter names manuallySpreadsheet import

Importing Taxa

Batch import: enter names manuallySpreadsheet import

Importing Taxa

Batch import: enter names manuallySpreadsheet importImport from EOL

Editing your classification

Editing name data

Create a new alternative classification

Create a new alternative classification

Move taxa from alternate to primary classification

Create taxon pages

Create taxon pages

Create taxon pages

Species Profile Model Chapter Definitions

Data concepts and structure to support the retrieval and integration of data about species, e.g., facts about biology, ecology, evolution, behaviour, etc.

Add, delete, change major headings

Add, delete, change chapters

Author pages in a spreadsheet

Author pages in a spreadsheet

Author pages in a spreadsheet

Uploading an image

Uploading an image

Bibliography

Bibliography

Bibliography

Bibliography

EOL Partnership

1. Setup your for data export

EOL Partnership

1. Setup your for data export

a. Make endpoint (export file) XML

EOL Partnership

1. Setup your for data export

a. Make endpoint (export file)

b. Set up schedule

XML

EOL Partnership

1. Setup your for data export

a. Make endpoint (export file)

b. Set up schedule

2. Let know you’re ready for export

XML

EOL Partnership

1. Setup your for data export

a. Make endpoint (export file)

b. Set up schedule

2. Let know you’re ready for export

a. Register endpoint

XML

http://xxx.lifedesks.org/taxonexport.xml.gz

EOL Partnership

1. Setup your for data export

a. Make endpoint (export file)

b. Set up schedule

2. Let know you’re ready for export

a. Register endpoint

b. Set up schedule

XML

http://xxx.lifedesks.org/taxonexport.xml.gz

Generate Endpoint

Schedule Endpoint Generation

Content Partner Registry

Create a new resource

Preview your content on EOL

Preview your content on EOL

Preview your content on EOL

Managing collaborators

Managing collaborators

Managing collaborators

Customize your site

LifeDesks: The Future

Tighter integration with Edit Scratchpads

Share data between LifeDesks & Scratchpads

Internationalization

Enhanced community tools

Support additional content types (e.g., video, specimen data, character state data)

Support species descriptions, taxonomic revisions

LifeDesks as a platform for publication

Katja SchulzSchulzK@si.edu

EOL Species Pages Group

Working With LifeDesks

Rubenstein Fellows WorkshopNational Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC19 March 2010