Botanicus.org: Prototyping a Web 2.0 interface to digitized taxonomic literature Chris Freeland - Application Development Manager Doug Holland – Director of MBG Library Missouri Botanical Garden
What is Web 2.0? Service-aware web applications that provide a robust computing environment Web apps that support community involvement & collaboration del.icio.us Flickr Wikipedia
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Requirements to produce functionality Outputs Zoomable images JP2, image server, AJAX Coordinate-based OCR PrimeOCR or ABBY Services Bibliographic authority MARCXML Wiki-like editing framework MediaWiki, others Names resolver NameBank, others Citation resolver DOI, ?? Data storage Scalable SAN for files Scalable database for metadata
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Botanicus.org supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Wm. Keck Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)