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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/25/13 8:24 AM, Derek Sikes wrote:<br>
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<div>Nicolas,<br>
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I agree with James in recommending a collections
database that is<br>
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1) entirely online so you interface it via a
web-browser from anywhere (no software to install,
like gmail).<br>
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2) low-cost<br>
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<div>but also would like to emphasize another
criterion of importance -<br>
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<div>3) serves data to GBIF<br>
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There are only three that I am aware of that fit these
criteria but there may be more:<br>
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- Arctos, which I have been using for over a year now, <a
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href="http://arctos.database.museum/home.cfm">http://arctos.database.museum/home.cfm</a><br>
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- Symbiota <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://symbiota.org/tiki/tiki-index.php">http://symbiota.org/tiki/tiki-index.php</a><br>
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- The Ohio State University Triplehorn Insect Collection
Database - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://osuc.osu.edu/databasing.html">http://osuc.osu.edu/databasing.html</a>
(the developer, Norm Johnson, has worked with others to
mobilize their data onto the web)<br>
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To some degree, the examples Derek points out mix two things; the
database itself, plus a data portal. Most folks get their data
online by using an in-house database and then linking that database
to a data portal. A good example is the American Museum of Natural
History, who runs an online database (fitting criteria 1, at least)
that serves its data to the Discover Life data portal, which also
exports all of its data to GBIF. A number of similar institutions,
including my own, use FileMaker as our database; it has remarkable
flexibility, very easy to use and customize, works on PC and Mac,
and can be remote-accessed. The only point about which I'm not
entirely certain is that the server version can in fact be
configured so that people who do NOT have FileMaker installed can
use the interface. I *believe* this is possible (I'm fairly sure
this is how the AMNH system works), but do not myself know how this
is accomplished.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html">http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html</a>
"There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82</pre>
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