Botanicus.org: Prototyping a Web 2.0 interface to digitized taxonomic literature Chris Freeland - Application Development Manager Doug Holland – Director of MBG Library Missouri Botanical Garden

What is Web 2.0? Service-aware web applications that provide a robust computing environment Web apps that support community involvement & collaboration del.icio.us Flickr Wikipedia

Service-aware web applications that provide a robust computing environment

Web apps that support community involvement & collaboration

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Flickr

Wikipedia

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9. Page View

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10. Page View - Detail

11. Page View – Detail – Full Screen

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12. Page View - Detail

Discover names

. Names View

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. Names View

Requirements to produce functionality Outputs Zoomable images JP2, image server, AJAX Coordinate-based OCR PrimeOCR or ABBY Services Bibliographic authority MARCXML Wiki-like editing framework MediaWiki, others Names resolver NameBank, others Citation resolver DOI, ?? Data storage Scalable SAN for files Scalable database for metadata

Outputs

Zoomable images

JP2, image server, AJAX

Coordinate-based OCR

PrimeOCR or ABBY

Services

Bibliographic authority

MARCXML

Wiki-like editing framework

MediaWiki, others

Names resolver

NameBank, others

Citation resolver

DOI, ??

Data storage

Scalable SAN for files

Scalable database for metadata

To the prototype… http://www.botanicus.org http://localhost/

Botanicus.org supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2000-2004 Wm. Keck Foundation 2005-2007 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) 2006-2008

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

2000-2004

Wm. Keck Foundation

2005-2007

Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

2006-2008