Part of the symposium titled "Biodiversity science loosely joined: global approaches to taxonomy and biodiversity research supporting science and policy". At the Second DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference (DIVERSITAS OSC2). Cape Town, South Africa. Oct. 13-16, 2009.

1. Vincent S. Smith Natural History Museum, London, U.K. Small pieces loosely joined Toward a unified theory of biodiversity for the web

6. Integrating macro & micro taxonomy Bridging the interface between policy and practice Communication ? Data People

7. New forms of communication Lessons for scholarly communication http://scratchpads.eu

8. What is a Scratchpad? A website for you & your community Your data 1 Published & reviewed on your site 3 Uploaded & tagged 2

9. What is a Scratchpad? A website for you & your community Your data 1 Published & reviewed on your site 3 Uploaded & tagged 2 Fast Intuitive Fit for use

10. What can Scratchpads do? Import, manage, search & browse: DNA & Phylogenies Literature Specimens Images

11. DNA & Phylogenies Specimens Literature Images What can Scratchpads do? Integration & connectivity within & between sites Taxonomy

12. +Administration -Change your site information -Change you front page -Change your logo -Activity and access logs +Backup -Backing up your data -Restoring your data +Bibliography -Creating a record -Importing from a ref. manager -Exporting to a reference manager +Blog -Creating and adding a blog +Custom Content -Defining a CCK -Importing from a spreadsheet -Creating a custom view +Fileshare -Creating and using a fileshare +Forum -Altering the forum settings -Creating a container for a forum -Creating a new forum -Creating a new topic inside a forum +Groups -Creating a group -Subscribing to a group +Image -Uploading & basic annotation -Linking image & location records -Linking image & specimen records -Linking image & publication records -Overlay annotations on images +Layout -Change your theme -Menus -Blocks and sidebars +Locations -Creating a record -Importing from a spreadsheet +Pages -Creating, editing, cloning & deleting -Configuring the panels template +Panels -Adding & configuring content -Creating a new panel -Citing a Panels page +Phylogeny -Adding a phylogenetic tree +Specimens -Creating a record -Importing from a spreadsheet -Linking specimen & location records -Linking specimen & pub. records +Tasks -Creating a tasklist +Taxonomy -Importing from a spreadsheet -Importing from ClassificationBank -Starting from scratch -Taxonomy manager -Displaying a classification -Adding names -Deleting names -Taxonomy & panels +Users -Your settings -Adding a new user -User roles and permissions -Adding and editing user profile fields -Logging in +Webform -Creating and using webforms What can Scratchpads do? In summary:

13. An ecosystem of communities Ants Bees Beetles Big-headed flies Birds Blackflies Ciliates Cockroaches Dragon Trees Dung Beetles False Buttonweed Flat worms Flies Foraminifera Fossil Insects Fungus Gnats Holometabola Leaf-miner Flies Lice Lichens of Bermuda Malvaceae Megalastrum ferns Milichiid flies Mosquitoes Mosses Nannotax fossils Nepticuloid moths Palms Pearl oysters Polychaete worms Scaleworms Termites Triticid grasses Weevils Wood Ferns Sulawesi Ferns Stick insects Sites: 130+ Users: 1500+ Pages: 170k Since March 2007

15. Dynamically built species pages A data management tool

16. Browsed through a taxonomy A data management tool

17. Including 3 rd party content A data publishing tool

18. With data curation tools A data publishing tool

19. Listing all “authors” A data publishing tool

20. Dated, permanent & citable A data publishing tool

21. “ Small pieces loosely joined” Scratchpad impact 1. Bringing data together Biodiversity studies are data rich, poorly archived & ever changing 2. Bringing people together Biodiversity researchers are few in number, fragmented & highly distributed 3. Bringing science together Biodiversity science demands a different approach to addressing BIG questions

22. Questions?