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Botanicus: Digitized Taxonomic Literature Web Interface

Explore a user-friendly Web 2.0 interface for digitized taxonomic literature on Botanicus.org. Learn about Web 2.0 services, community involvement, and collaboration in the botanical world. Discover the features like zoomable images, coordination-based OCR services, and bibliographic authority in this innovative platform. The project is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Wm. Keck Foundation, and IMLS. Join us in this digital botanical journey!

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Botanicus: Digitized Taxonomic Literature Web Interface

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  1. Botanicus.org: Prototyping a Web 2.0 interface to digitized taxonomic literature Chris Freeland - Application Development Manager Doug Holland– Director of MBG Library Missouri Botanical Garden

  2. What is Web 2.0? • Service-aware web applications that provide a robust computing environment • Web apps that support community involvement & collaboration • del.icio.us • Flickr • Wikipedia

  3. View

  4. 9. Page View

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  6. 9. Page View

  7. 10. Page View - Detail

  8. 11. Page View – Detail – Full Screen

  9. 12. Page View - Detail

  10. 12. Page View - Detail

  11. Discover names

  12. 19. Names View

  13. 21. Names View

  14. 25. Names View

  15. Outputs Zoomable images JP2, image server, AJAX Coordinate-based OCR PrimeOCR or ABBY Services Bibliographic authority MARCXML Wiki-like editing framework MediaWiki, others Names resolver NameBank, others Citation resolver DOI, ?? Requirements to produce functionality • Data storage • Scalable SAN for files • Scalable database for metadata

  16. To the prototype… http://www.botanicus.org http://localhost/

  17. Botanicus.org supported by • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation • 2000-2004 • Wm. Keck Foundation • 2005-2007 • Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) • 2006-2008

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