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Welcome to the Documentation Wiki of the BioCASe Provider Software

This is the Documentation Wiki of the BioCASe Provider Software. Here you will find tutorials on how to install, configure and debug the BioCASe Provider Software. More detailed information on BioCASe can be found in the Beginner's Guide and on the BioCASe homepage.

Described in one paragraph, the BioCASe Provider Software is an XML data binding middleware for publishing data from a relational database to an information network. It is agnostic of the data model used for data publication and can be used in conjunction with any conceptual schema. However, its main field of application is the publication of occurrence data from specimen or observational databases to primary biodiversity information networks such as the BioCASe network (http://www.biocase.org) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (http://www.gbif.org). After installing BioCASe and configuring it for a given database, the published information will be accessible as a BioCASe web service, which means it can be retrieved with BioCASe protocol requests.

BioCASe Support

You can use the Comments page to just leave us a comment. If you want us to reply to your feedback, you should get in contact with the BioCASe Team directly. Please do so if you

• have any questions concerning BioCASe in general or the installation/configuration of the Provider Software,
• want to file a bug report,
• have any comments, or
• want to make a suggestion for a useful new feature in upcoming versions.

Table of Contents

Beginner's Guide

What the Provider Software is all about.

Preparation

Things to be considered when publishing a database with BioCASe and potential preparatory steps needed.

Installation

Tutorial on how to install the BioCASe Provider Software.

Datasource Setup

How to set up a new BioCASe web service (aka data source).

ABCD2 Mapping

Tutorial on mapping ABCD2.

Common ABCD2 Concepts

List of mandatory, recommended and commonly used ABCD2 elements.

Sample ABCD2 Document

Example ABCD2 document of a comprehensively mapped data provider.

Debugging Tutorial

Instructions on how to debug a BioCASe web service.

Glossary

List of terms and abbreviations used in this documentation.

FAQ

List of frequently asked questions and hopefully helpful answers.

Version History

Change list of current and past versions of the BioCASe Provider Software.