The GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT)
The GBIF IPT is an open source, Java (TM) based web application that connects and serves three types of biodiversity data: taxon primary occurrence data, taxon checklists and general resource metadata. The data registered in a GBIF IPT instance is connected to the GBIF distributed network and made available for public consultation and use.
DOWNLOAD
The latest version of the GBIF IPT is 1.0 and it is available HERE.
DEMO
A demonstration IPT is hosted on http://ipt.gbif.org.
Training Workshop
Resources for the IPT training workshop can be found in the wiki.
About GBIF
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) works to make digital biodiversity data openly and freely available on the Internet for everyone. GBIF provides access to scientifi c biodiversity data for decision-making, research endeavours and public use. GBIF endorses both open source software and open data access.
GBIF is also a network of data publishers who retain ownership and control of the data they share. Linked datasets provide a more robust representation of biodiversity than any single dataset.
In this framework, GBIF develops software tools to make possible to easily integrate biodiversity data from heterogeneous sources using common standards and protocols. One of these tools is the GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) that this website refers to.
About the GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit
The GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) is an Open source Java based web application. It embeds its own database, is easily customisable and is multilingual. It has a user management feature based on roles, which allows for multiple data managers to share a common instance.
It connects and serves three types of data : taxon primary occurrence data, taxon checklists and general resource metadata. The IPT manages multiple data sources and has several upload options: relational database management systems or tables. It does not however accept manual entries (except for individual metadata descriptions).
Its public web interface allows for data browsing and full text search. It also offers customised detail pages for the three types of data, with specific functionality for each type (i.e., density maps, metadata edition).
The IPT manages Universally Unique IDentifi ers (UUID), recycling existing IDs or providing new ones, as appropriate. It also manages technical metadata about the installation and allows for an easy setup of Google Analytics for usage statistics.
Resources
Please see the wiki for KeyTechnologies, the VersionHistory and Roadmap. You can also check the GBIF IPT Technical Paper for a summary of the technical characteristics of the tool.
It you need help, please check the FAQ section, the User manual or join and ask in the GBIF IPT Mailing list.
A poster presenting the basic ideas of the IPT is available here: http://www.tdwg.org/fileadmin/2008conference/slides/Doering_Poster_GBIF-IPT.pdf
Contribute
We always welcome people helping in documentation, translations and source code developments. Please see HowToContribute for details.
Screens
Screen shots are available in the wiki. Here is one:
