1. Collaborative Project Database Margaret O’Brien, Corinna Gries, Wade Sheldon, Jonathan Walsh, John Porter, Sven Bohm, James Brunt, Suzanne Remillard, Ken Ramsey, Jason Downing, Kristin Vanderbilt, Raul Aguilar, Mark Servilla

2. What do we mean by ‘Project’ Different for each person ( lumpers and splitters ) PhD thesis or an Experiment Cruise or a Dive Management Unit Requesting a report Associated Publications Produces Datasets Requires permit

3. Project Description as a Container and Management Tool Associated People Experimental Design and Notes (metadata) Outside Funding Datasets Reports Images Permits

4. Process Input from all site IMs ‘How to be involved’ Code Writer Use Case Writer Designer Early Adopter/Tester

5. Process 1. Workshop (2 days) Use Cases –> Information Content 2. Workshop (5 days) Coding

6. Process Successful Experiment Short Time Immediately useful to all sites New Collaboration Techniques Code Repository, IM Website Complementary Skills

7. Site Specific Uses Administrative Functions Permit Status Specific Site Selection History of Approaches Annual Reports Coherent Web Display and Search Datasets Publications

8. General Uses General Search for Information Person Subject or Core Area Time Location

9. Information Content People Abstract, Design Description, Funding, Keywords Related Projects Timeframe Geographic Location Detailed Study Area Description Reports Permits Associated Material Datasets, Images, Publications

10. Technology Project Description EML files Search Database Style Search

12. Management Tools for IMs

13. Data Entry

18. Examples GCE: http://gce- lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/research/project_search.htmhttp://gce- lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/research/project_search.htm CAP: http://caplter.asu.edu/home/projects/WStest/projectSearch.jsp http://caplter.asu.edu/home/projects/WStest/projectSearch.jsp SBC: http://sbc.lternet.edu/research/SBC_projectDB_demo.htmlhttp://sbc.lternet.edu/research/SBC_projectDB_demo.html BES: http://beslter.org/frame7-page_13.htmlhttp://beslter.org/frame7-page_13.html MCR: http://mcr.lternet.edu/Project.htmlhttp://mcr.lternet.edu/Project.html