Cyberinfrastructure
HerpNET and ORNIS Data Migrating to VertNet
On November 24, 2014, the VertNet project announced that the HerpNET2 and ORNIS2 portals will be taken offline and replaced with the VertNet portal on January 5, 2015.
Here is a passage from VertNet’s announcement:
iDigBio Specimen Portal Technology Preview 2012
iDigBio's technology preview is the first release of a semi-annual release cycle for a specimen portal that will eventually contain over 1 billion vouchered specimen records. This technology preview contains sample datasets provided by Morphbank and the Florida Museum of Natural History, some of which is research quality specimen data. These datasets allow iDigBio to share its development efforts with the community for feedback and guidance. You can access the technology preview here: portal.iDigBio.org
iDigBio IT Standards Workshop
iDigBio Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Workshop
Building 105, University of Florida
(Noon, Wed. 28 March – 5pm, Fri. 30 March)
A focused workshop sponsored by iDigBio will be conducted to discuss, define, and distill the standards and cyberinfrastructure requirements for the scientific collections and biodiversity sciences. An operational assumption is that the biodiversity informatics community has already made significant effort and headway in certain tools, practices, and standards, and what’s now crucial is to identify critical gaps in the infrastructure and training that can be a further focus of community activities.