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Presentation on SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF during the last AMBIO workshop in Liege.TRANSCRIPT
Antarctic Field GuidesProject
What is a field guide?
A field guide is a book designed to help the reader identify wildlife. It
is generally designed to be brought into the 'field' or local area where
such objects exist to help distinguish between similar objects.
Objectives• Build an online, collaborative, interactive, custumizable
Field Guide (FG) for the Antarctic wildlife
• Feed EoL with the information
• Web application dedicated to manage and offer public access to a database of Antarctic field guide entries
• Possibility to build custom FG by browsing and selecting AFG entries.
• DL printable version of the FG
• Attract a new audience
Collaboration
• BAS
• U Genoa
• NIWA
• Vizzuality.com
• SCAR-MarBIN
• EoL
• Total Foundation
Technology
• Database and Backoffice: done
• CMS: done
• REST Webservices: done
• Talks with SCAR-MarBIN
• chocolate sexy Frontoffice to be developed by Vizzuality.com
Backoffice
• Private part, managed by editors
• Content management system
• Add life history information (text)
• Link with Pictures from Maridas and/or Flickr
• Link with occurrence and taxonomy information
Frontoffice
• Public part
• Search and consult AFG entries
• build custom field guides
• manage a custom selection of AFG entries
• download it as a PDF file
• mobile application
• A title (taxon scientific name – short text) *
• a description* (text)
• feeding behavior description (text)
• reproductive behavior description (text)
• ecology description (text)
• habitat information (text)
• taxonomic information
• morphologic information
• distribution information
• an ordered set of pictures
• sets of literature references
• further readings
• key references
• metadata
Content
Material available
• BAS: texts and georeferenced HQ images on 600+ invertebrates taxa
• UGenoa: georeferenced HQ ROV images on ?? taxa
• NIWA: texts and georeferenced HQ images on ?? taxa
• AADC: field guide already available
Arthropoda
Ascidians
Brachiopods
Bryozoa
Cnidaria
Echinodermata
Echiura
Entoprocta
Mollusca
Nemertea
Platyhelminthes
Porifera
Priapula
Sipuncula