2. Phthiraptera.org
Pros
• High quality
• Bespoke
• Digital „hub‟
Cons
• 1 Person
• Limited updates
• Taxonomy focus
• No digital services
• No „ownership‟
• Slow to build
http://phthiraptera.org
3. A common experience
Examples from the NHM, London
Lepidoptera British Fleas
Chalcid Wasps Martian Meteorites
Spanish Sandflies Solanaceae
Loch Ness Worms Bumble bees
5. What is a Scratchpad?
A website for you & your community
1 2 3
Your data Uploaded & “Published” & reviewed
tagged on your site
6. What is a Scratchpad?
A website for you & your community
1 2 3
Your data Uploaded & “Published” & reviewed
tagged on your site
Fast Intuitive Fit for use
14. Phthiraptera.org
Content Summary
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
15. Phthiraptera.org
The future
That’s all folks…
• It‟s a community based site
• Needs you to submit data
• Needs a senior editor
• Its your site, not mine
16. Louse Scratchpad Workshop
Tuesday 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
THIS SITE NEEDS YOU! No time for…
• Private groups
• Character projects
• Publications
• Many more things…
17. European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
EDIT - http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/
• Network of 27 partners
“to integrate taxonomic research and
• €12M Euros
improve the production of knowledge”
• Feb. 2006 - Feb. 2011
18. 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