Missouri Botanical Garden Open Conference Systems, TDWG 2011 Annual Conference

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Islandora: a digital data repository for biodiversity resources
Mark Leggott, Thornton Staples

Last modified: 2011-10-05

Abstract


Islandora is a digital asset management system based on Drupal and Fedora and a host of additional applications, creating a rich open source software ecosystem. It provides a highly customizable and modular framework that can accommodate the diverse needs of the biodiversity community. This includes the integration of open source and proprietary applications that can provide a wide range of data transformation and stewardship services. This session will provide a hands-on demo of the Islandora software ecosystem, with an emphasis on the emerging support for various bio and biodiversity projects. A specific focus on Islandora development at The Smithsonian will be provided as a profile of diverse collections and functionality. This demo will show a variety of production and in-development systems and facilitate questions from the audience on specific features.

Note: this demo would be complimentary to the similarly titled Contributed Paper and Interest Group submissions.