The document discusses Biowikifarm, which is a MediaWiki content management platform for biological and natural history information. It is funded by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme and hosted and maintained long-term by the Museum für Naturkunde. Biowikifarm currently hosts about 22 active community wikis, 2 shared media repositories, and several other wikis. New participants are welcome to join in the shared long-term maintenance of Biowikifarm at no cost other than potential in-kind contributions.

1. Gregor Hagedorn (JKI, Plazi,
& Museum für Naturkunde)
2013-05-22 Berlin
Biowikifarm
pro-iBiosphere is funded under the European Union's
7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement №312848.

2. Biowikifarm
Bio
+
Wiki
+
Farm
= MediaWiki content management
software (as in Wikipedias, Wikisource,
etc.): Longest term sustainability.

3. Biowikifarm
Bio
+
Wiki
+
Farm
= MediaWiki content management
software (as in Wikipedias, Wikisource,
etc.). „Longest term“ sustainability.
= Many installations under shared
management. Efficiency Gain.
(ViBRANT Scratchpads
= pre-configured Drupal Farm)

4. =
equivalent of
“Scratchpads”
for Wikis

5. Distributed Responsibilities
FP7 project 2010-2013
Responsible for new
developments on
biowikifarm.
Hosting +
Long term technical
service sustainability
Long term museum-IT
resources available
Long term legal and
management
responsibility

6. biowikifarm Users
In total about:
22 active community wikis
2 shared media repositories
3 meta- and shared test-wikis,
8 dormant (containing valuable content)
9 wikis with dubious future

7. biowikifarm Examples: Species ID

8. biowikifarm Examples: OpenMedia

9. biowikifarm Examples: Open Nature Guides

10. biowikifarm Examples: GBIF/TDWG Terms

11. biowikifarm Examples: ISPI Pest Information

12. biowikifarm Examples: Filtered Push

13. biowikifarm Examples: Key to Nature

14. biowikifarm Examples: Lichen Glossary

15. biowikifarm Examples: Flora Malesiana

16. biowikifarm Examples: Pl@ntNet-Pl@ntUse

17. biowikifarm Examples: pro-iBiosphere

18. New biowikifarm participants are welcome!
 Participate in shared long-term maintenance
 In-kind contributions welcome (no other cost)

19. New biowikifarm participants are welcome!
 Participate in shared long-term maintenance
 In-kind contributions welcome (no other cost)
Where appropriate?
 Having more contributors than programmers
 When a community is interested in shaping the features
of the platform themselves
 Middle path between structured and unstructured
 Simple Word-like text plus XML-like markup possible
 Automatic Android identification available