Prototyping a Web 2.0 interface to digitized taxonomic literature

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

9. Page View

10. Page View - Detail

11. Page View – Detail – Full Screen

12. Page View - Detail

Discover names

. 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

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

Prototyping a Web 2.0 interface to digitized taxonomic literature

by Chris Freeland on Aug 22, 2008

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