Pensoft Writing Tool (PWT)

Lyubomir Penev

ViBRANT Tools for DNA taxonomists, 11 June 2013, Brussles ViBRANT

… and some hundreds millions pages of biodiversity literature in various languages

Estimated ca 1.8 Mio articles per annum, not counting the grey

literature!

A solution?

Upfront mark up!

WHAT IS PWT (Pensoft Writing Tool)?

http://pwt.pensoft.net

PWT is:A collaborative article

authoring and publishing platform for biodiversity

science

PWT is:The missing link!For firs time ever,

authoring, peer-review, editorial process, publication and

dissemination within a single online collaborative

platform!

Pensoft Writing Tool (PWT)

Collaborative online editing Rich text capabilities Various templates for taxon treatments Identification keys builder

Assembling plates from single figures References import (CrossRef, PubMed Central, etc.)

Species occurrence data import (Darwin Core compliant) Smart citation for figures, tables, references & automated positioning

Taxon treatment

Interactive key

Checklist

Data paper

Template based

manuscript creation

Coauthors

Lead author

ContribitorsMentor, lingustic editor, copy editor, colleague

Workflow

COMMUNITY PEER-REVIEW (OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC AND

OPEN REVIEW)ALL ONLINE!

COLLABORATIVE ARTICLE AUTHORING (PENSOFT WRITING

TOOL)

MANUSCRIPT PUBLISHEDXML TEXT + DATA

Authors, Reviewers, Editors, Mentors, Copyeditors

XML submission

Revisions online

ARTICLESOccurr-

ence dataTaxon namesTaxon treatments

Plazi Wiki COL

Biblio-graphies

Automated submission

Automated XML submission

Article templates

Classifications

Add author

Cybertaxonomic checklist: structure

Taxon treatment: new species

Taxon treatment: import material data

Taxon treatment: upload of images

Structure of the checklist filed

External links

External links

External links

Construction of key

Key preview

Import of checklists through Darwin Core template

Time for commercials!

10-15 good reasons to use PWT

1.Publishing of single

taxon treatments and nomenclatural acts

NO need to wait to complete a revision

2.Assembling treatments

into regional Floras/Fauns

3.Online collaboration at all stages between authors,

editors, publisher

4.Track change and

commentsRevision history and version comparison

5.NO Author Guidelines!The tool will guide you!

6.Manuscripts are

formatted during writingAvoid layout stage, decrease costs and

efforts!

7.Biological Codes and

DawrinCore compliant

8.Automated import of

treatments from Scratchpads, EDIT, author

databases

9.Various modes of

publishing data and multimedia

9.Automated submission to

journals Published record, citation,

dissemination

10.Marked up text and data re-used for new projects

11.Browser-independent

12.No installation!

Just register and go!

PWT is free to use!

Thank you for your attention!

ViBRANT www.pensoft.net/journals/bdj