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ANTWEB End Users Taxonomists: images of ant types and other ant specimens held in the world’s major ant collections Public: identification tools, distribution, and biology of ants
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ANTWEB(www.antweb.org)
Providing tools for exploring the diversity
and identification of ants.
Dave Thau, Brian FisherCalifornia Academy of Sciences
ANTWEB Goal
Accelerate the rate of description and identification
ANTWEB End Users
Taxonomists: images of ant types and other ant specimens held in the world’s major ant collections
Public: identification tools, distribution, and biology of ants
ANTWEB Design Goals
Efficient work flow: Automate as much as possible.
Blend with current habits: Leverage in-place processes.
Support multiple sources of data: To achieve #1 and #2, necessary to deal with data in whatever form it comes.
Maximize code life span: Stick with known standards, use open source tools.
Work Flow – Adding DataProject Files
ExcelSpecimen Records
Biota
DatabaseMicrosoft Sql Server
Browser Uploading Data
Web ApplicationTomcat on Linux
Catalog InformationSpidered Hymenoptera
Name Server
Authority FilesExcel
Work Flow – Adding Images
SQL Server Linux File System
Browser Uploading Data
Picking Favorite Images
Web ApplicationTomcat on Linux
Images CreatedIn Automontage
ANTWEB Tools
Programming Language: Java Servlets and JSP
Database: Microsoft SQL Server (sans Microsoft xtras)
Design Pattern: Model-View-Controller using Struts
Image Processor: Image Magick
Bug Tracker: Bugzilla
Project Builder: Apache Ant
Recent Additions
Ant genera of the world
Ants of the Bay Area
Image Picker tool – choose best image for a taxon
Catalog Information – synonymy
Sticky search fields
Templates via Struts tiles
Future Directions
Distributed image sharing standardsGIS servicesDistributed catalog informationInteractive keysDescriptive dataMore collaborative toolsUltimately expanding beyond ants
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