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FishBase Lessons Learned Rainer Froese IfM-GEOMAR rfroese@ifm-geomar.de December 2004
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Overview What is FishBase Some statistics on usage Lessons learned Future plans
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Some Statistics What is not used is useless With modern web statistic software there is no excuse for not knowning your users
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About 10,000 visitors per month
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Under The Hood FishBase Structure
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Under The Hood FishBase Structure From DataEase to MS Access to MySQL to ??? From HTML to Cold Fusion to PHP to CMS to ??? 5 mirrors around the world www.ZoneEdit.com for load-balancingwww.ZoneEdit.com
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General Principles Keep it simple Yes-Attitude Be opportunistic Give more credit than was expected Deal with errors –Expose data –Invite, accept and act on criticism –Compare data –Use your data
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Design Principles Do not over-normalize Avoid (hide) codes Dedicated fields vs free-text fields `Science and Data first´ approach Transparency (reference, entered, modified, date) Strategic decisions about data (comparative advantage, importance, future maintenance)
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Future Plans Complete coverage and content Improve mapping Add more analytical tools Move to mobile devices Do FishBase for all aquatic species?
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Thanks to the FishBase Team
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Thanks to the FishBase Consortium
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Thanks to our Donors
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Thanks for Listening Questions?
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