A summary of Scratchpad functionality

Vincent S. Smith

http://Scratchpads.euA summary of Scratchpad functionality

TaxonomyTaxonomy import, management and

navigation

Bibliographic data

Reference manager / Endnote support for bibliographies

Images

Image galleries,image upload & annotation

Phylogeny

Nexus / Newick import for visualizing phylogenies

Character Matricies

Molecular & morphological character matricies (discrete, morphometric and text characters)

Distribution Maps

Presence absence country maps

Specimens & locations

Specimen & location records (DwC)

Pages, Forums, Blogs, Newsletters

Web fora with e-mail integration

User blogs

Static web pages

Newsletters with e-mail integration

Mass Import

Import from CSV text file to any content type

Administration

Simple & advanced admin.

AutoTag content(automatically adds structure)

Private Groups

Customized user profiles

Create & switch between content in any language

Multilingual Support

Simple navigation menus and tools for in each site

Taskguide & Content menu

Dynamically built species pages

Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad

Taxon Pages

Browsed through a taxonomy

Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad

Taxon Pages

Including 3rd party content

Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad

Taxon Pages

With data curation toolsWith data curation tools

Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad

Taxon Pages

Listing all “authors”

Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad

Taxon Pages

Dated, permanent & citable

Integrating data & “publishing” in a Scratchpad

Taxon Pages

Control what to display

Adjusting the layout

Taxon Pages

n.b. Taxon page tools have since been updated

Infinitely customizableAntsBeesBeetlesBig-headed fliesBirdsBlackfliesCiliatesCockroachesDragon TreesDung BeetlesFalse ButtonweedFlat wormsFliesForaminiferaFossil InsectsFungus GnatsHolometabolaLeaf-miner FliesLiceLichens of BermudaMalvaceaeMegalastrum fernsMilichiid fliesMosquitoesMossesNannotax fossilsNepticuloid mothsPalmsPearl oystersPolychaete wormsScaleworms

TermitesTriticid grassesWeevilsWood Ferns

Sulawesi FernsStick insects

…and many, many more

Usage Statistics

Users: 1,346 (Total activated)Users: 941 (Active and have logged in)Users: 54 (Active and logged in NHM Users)Users: 58 (Logged in, in last 7 days)Users: 135 (Logged in, in last 30 days)

Sites: 124Sites: 127 (With users logged in, in last 7 days)Sites: 142 (With users logged in, in last 30 days)

Nodes / Pages: 174,128

As of Wednesday 25th August, 2009

Latest figures at http://scratchpads.eu/stats

Scratchpad impact

1. Bringing data togetherBiodiversity studies are data rich, poorly archived & ever changing

2. Bringing people togetherBiodiversity researchers are few in number, fragmented & highly distributed

3. Bringing science togetherBiodiversity science demands a different approach to addressing BIG questions

Scratchpads address these challenges

Ben Scott Vladimir BlagoderovIrina BrakeEdward Baker

Thanks…

Simon Rycroft Dave Roberts Kehan Harman

Questions?