Best Practice Handbook

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Introduction

The reBiND workflow

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

  • Installation

Before you use the reBiND archiving system the data must be transformed into a suitable XML format. We use ABCD format (ABCD_in_reBiND) and to create ABCD XML files we recommend using the Biocase Provider Software (BPS). To install this software please follow the installation instructions in the BPS wiki:

  • Data Rescue (outdated software and hardware)

This is not a core part of the workflow, however during the project we gained experience with tranforming data stored in old and outdated software and hardware formats.

Data Archiving (Information for content administrators and contributing scientists)

Data Access and Search

  • Search via reBiND web interface
  • Search via Biodiversity networks (GBIF)

Case Studies

  • Case studies with single data sets from different providers ( reBiND stories)
  • General observations


Supporting data preparation

Technical Background

FAQ

Glossary

References