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ANTWEB (www.antweb.org) Providing tools for exploring the diversity and identification of ants. Dave Thau, Brian Fisher California Academy of Sciences
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ANTWEB Goal Accelerate the rate of description and identification
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ANTWEB End Users Taxonomists: images of ant types and other ant specimens held in the world’s major ant collections Public: identification tools, distribution, and biology of ants
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A NT W EB Design Goals Efficient work flow: Automate as much as possible. Blend with current habits: Leverage in-place processes. Support multiple sources of data: To achieve #1 and #2, necessary to deal with data in whatever form it comes. Maximize code life span: Stick with known standards, use open source tools.
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Work Flow – Adding Data Project Files Excel Specimen Records Biota Database Microsoft Sql Server Browser Uploading Data Web Application Tomcat on Linux Catalog Information Spidered Hymenoptera Name Server Authority Files Excel
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Work Flow – Adding Images SQL Server Linux File System Browser Uploading Data Picking Favorite Images Web Application Tomcat on Linux Images Created In Automontage
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A NT W EB Tools Programming Language: Java Servlets and JSP Database: Microsoft SQL Server (sans Microsoft xtras) Design Pattern: Model-View-Controller using Struts Image Processor: Image Magick Bug Tracker: Bugzilla Project Builder: Apache Ant
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Recent Additions Ant genera of the world Ants of the Bay Area Image Picker tool – choose best image for a taxon Catalog Information – synonymy Sticky search fields Templates via Struts tiles
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Future Directions Distributed image sharing standards GIS services Distributed catalog information Interactive keys Descriptive data More collaborative tools Ultimately expanding beyond ants
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