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=reBiND Best Practice Handbook=
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==Introduction==
 
==Introduction==
* About reBiND
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* [[About reBiND]]
 
* [[Introduction|How to use this manual]]
 
* [[Introduction|How to use this manual]]
  
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* [[Data_preparation|Data Preparation]]
 
* [[Data_preparation|Data Preparation]]
* [[Data_upload_to_rebind_framework|Creating a new project and uploading data to the reBiND data portal]]
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* [[Creating_new_rebind_project|Creating a new project]]
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* [[Data_upload_to_rebind_framework|Uploading data to the reBiND data portal - files less than 1000 ABCD units]]
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* [[Exporting_XML_files_from_BPS| Uploading data to the reBiND data portal - files greater than 1000 ABCD units]]
 
* [[Validation_and_Corrections |Validation and Corrections]]
 
* [[Validation_and_Corrections |Validation and Corrections]]
 
* [[Manual_review_of_data |Manual review of the data file]]
 
* [[Manual_review_of_data |Manual review of the data file]]
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==Case Studies==
 
==Case Studies==
* Case studies with single data sets from different providers ([[ReBiND_Stories| reBiND stories]])
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* [[Case studies with single data sets from different providers ]]
 
 
'''Hamburg Herbarium Collection Data'''
 
 
 
A former curator of the Botanical Garden Hamburg sent excel files for upload and storage in the rebind System. The data - originally handwritten lists - were transcribed by voluntary staff and entered into excel sheets. The tabels comprise data from old Herbarium collections in Herbarium Hamburgense of the 19th and 20th century. The curator went into retirement and wanted these data to be saved and published.
 
 
 
 
 
'''Morphological data from snake specimen'''
 
 
We received morphological data about dice and viperine snakes (Natrix tesselata, Natrix maura) which were measured in context of a PhD theses. The author derived the data from museum specimens as well as from field observations. Finally the author decided not to use these morphological data for analyses in the PhD theses. All the more she was fond to find a way to make the data publicly available for possible reuse in another research context.
 
 
 
 
 
'''Valuable moss data on outdated diskettes'''
 
 
 
Well documented extensive primary data from a PhD thesis about the epiphytic moss vegetation of the Canary Islands were stored on 3.5’’ diskettes on Excel files. The diskettes were readable by an external floppy drive (see photo 2). The data are very valuable, because this was the first time investigations about moss epiphyte communities of the Canary Islands under consideration of microclimate conditions and human impact were made.
 
 
 
[[File:floppyDiscs.jpg]]
 
external floppy drive and 3.5'' diskettes
 
 
 
* General observations
 
  
 
== Supporting data preparation  ==
 
== Supporting data preparation  ==
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*[[eXist_and_xquery|eXist and xquery]]
 
*[[eXist_and_xquery|eXist and xquery]]
 
*[[Ecologial Metadata Language]]
 
*[[Ecologial Metadata Language]]
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*[[ABCD Access to Biological Collection Data, Standard]]
  
 
==Glossary==
 
==Glossary==
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==References==
 
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* Güntsch, A., Fichtmüller, D.,  Kirchhoff, A. & Berendsohn, W.G.: Efficient rescue of threatened biodiversity data using reBiND-workflows. In: Plant Biosystems, 146(4) (2012), S. 752-755, DOI:10.1080/11263504.2012.740086
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* The BioCASE Provider Software Documentation: http://wiki.bgbm.org/bps/index.php/Main_Page
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* BioCASE Biological Collection Access Service: http://www.biocase.org/
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* ABCD Schema (Access ot Biological Collection Data); ABCD 2.0 Concepts: http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/ABCD/AbcdConcepts
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* GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): http://www.gbif.org/

Latest revision as of 15:57, 14 January 2015

reBiND Best Practice Handbook

Introduction

The reBiND workflow

System Installation and Administration (Technical information for administrators and IT specialists)

Data Archiving (Information for content administrators and contributing scientists)

Case Studies

Supporting data preparation

Technical Background

Glossary

References

  • Güntsch, A., Fichtmüller, D., Kirchhoff, A. & Berendsohn, W.G.: Efficient rescue of threatened biodiversity data using reBiND-workflows. In: Plant Biosystems, 146(4) (2012), S. 752-755, DOI:10.1080/11263504.2012.740086