pro-iBiosphere 2013-05 Biowikifarm (Gregor Hagedorn)

Gregor Hagedorn (JKI, Plazi, & Museum für Naturkunde)

2013-05-22 Berlin

Biowikifarm

pro-iBiosphere is funded under the European Union's 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement №312848.

Biowikifarm

Bio + Wiki + Farm

= MediaWiki content management software (as in Wikipedias, Wikisource, etc.): Longest term sustainability.

Biowikifarm

Bio + Wiki + Farm

= MediaWiki content management software (as in Wikipedias, Wikisource, etc.). „Longest term“ sustainability.

= Many installations under shared management. Efficiency Gain. (ViBRANT Scratchpads = pre-configured Drupal Farm)

= equivalent of “Scratchpads”

for Wikis

Distributed Responsibilities

FP7 project 2010-2013

Responsible for new developments on

biowikifarm. Hosting +

Long term technical service sustainability

Long term museum-IT

resources available

Long term legal and management responsibility

biowikifarm Users

In total about: 22 active community wikis 2 shared media repositories 3 meta- and shared test-wikis, 8 dormant (containing valuable content) 9 wikis with dubious future

biowikifarm Examples: Species ID

biowikifarm Examples: OpenMedia

biowikifarm Examples: Open Nature Guides

biowikifarm Examples: GBIF/TDWG Terms

biowikifarm Examples: ISPI Pest Information

biowikifarm Examples: Filtered Push

biowikifarm Examples: Key to Nature

biowikifarm Examples: Lichen Glossary

biowikifarm Examples: Flora Malesiana

biowikifarm Examples: Pl@ntNet-Pl@ntUse

biowikifarm Examples: pro-iBiosphere

New biowikifarm participants are welcome! Participate in shared long-term maintenance In-kind contributions welcome (no other cost)

New biowikifarm participants are welcome! Participate in shared long-term maintenance In-kind contributions welcome (no other cost) Where appropriate? Having more contributors than programmers When a community is interested in shaping the features

of the platform themselves Middle path between structured and unstructured Simple Word-like text plus XML-like markup possible Automatic Android identification available