working with lifedesks
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Katja [email protected]
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 [email protected]
EOL Species Pages Group
Working With LifeDesks
Rubenstein Fellows WorkshopNational Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC19 March 2010