Applications in the EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy

Andreas Müller1, Andreas Kohlbecker1, Cherian Mathew1, Alexander Oppermann1, Patrick Plitzner1, Katja Luther1

1Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Department of Research and Biodiversity Informatics

Biodiversity related apps &services and generic tools

EDIT Platform related applications

CDM based applications

CDM ServerCDM StoreCommon Data

Model

{Architecture}

{Information Broker}

DwC-A

ABCD

SDD

External services

CSV

Custom imports

Specimens & Observations

Descriptive data

Darwin Core Archive

Import / Export

RE

ST

Ser

vice

s

Integrity Check( Validation )

OA

I-PM

H

Harvestin

g

{Classifications}

• Multiple classifications• Reuse

• Names• Taxon Concepts

• Concept Relationships

{Synonymy & Nomenclature}• Freetext & Form based

• Homotypic groups

{Specimens & Derivations}

• Flat Structure• Derivation Trees• Field Gathering• Specimen• Tissue Sample • DNA Sample • Sequence• Images, Scans, Multimed.• Duplicates

{Keys}

• Single Access Keys• Multi Access Keys:

External

{Vocabularies &

Terms}

• Extendable• User defined• Hierarchical• Multi

Language Support

{Factual & Descriptive Data}

• Dynamic typing

• SDD compatibel

• Data provenance

{Media}

• Media support• Not a media

server

{Configurability}• Highly configurable• Preferences (Editor)• Dataportal settings

{Summary}Service oriented architecture (SOA)Support for existing standards (import & export)Scope: Scientific work

Data provencanceComplexity where needed

Generic:ConfigurabilityChecklistsFlorasMonographsInformation Broker

{Last but not least}

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