CREATING & MANAGING TAXONOMY IN THE BDRS Introduction There are two main methods for creating and managing taxonomic structures and content in the Biological Data Recording System (BDRS) The simplest is to import species pages from the Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas). The more complex method is to create the structures and content by hand. BDRS Taxonomy in two parts the Taxonomic Group and the Taxonomy Page. – The Taxonomic Page is the BDRS equivalent of a species profile page in the and contains information about the particular species of interest including images, description, habitat, diet and so on whatever you want to show to visitors to your site. – These profile pages can be developed for all levels of a taxonomic structure including species, genus, subfamily, family etc to whatever level of detail you wish to go to and is appropriate for your audience and useful in surveys. The Taxonomic Group is a flexible grouping classification tool. You can group things by anything you like: For example type - lizards, snakes, skinks, waterfowl, birds of prey, etc; OR or within a family or kingdom: Waterfowl, Herons, Ibis etc, Birds of Prey, Shorebirds and Gulls, Pigeons and Doves, Cockatoos, Parrots and Lorikeets, Robins, Cuckoos, and so on; OR by habitat wetlands, dry forest etc. – Clicking on the taxonomic opens the next level down which is usually a list of species – then Clicking on an individual species opens the selected species profile page. You can group species at whatever level of detail you like, is appropriate for your audience and is useful in setting the context of more formal scientifically driven surveys (vs a casual species” sighting record with basic Darwin Core Fields). “any Most BDRS sites have a field guide or species guide which shows this first level of grouping that provide users with the opportunity to browse your content within the grouping or association framework and which shape and guide their understanding of what your particular projects are all about. This document: Part 1 describes the processes for creating Taxonomy Groups. Part 2 describes the processes for creating Taxon/Species pages.
CREATING & MANAGING TAXONOMY IN THE BDRS Introduction There are two main methods for creating and managing taxonomic structures and content in the Biological Data Recording System (BDRS) The simplest is to import species pages from the Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas). The more complex method is to create the structures and content by hand. BDRS Taxonomy in two parts – the Taxonomic Group and the Taxonomy Page. The Taxonomic Page is the BDRS equivalent of a species profile page in the and contains information about the particular species of interest including images, description, habitat, diet and so on – whatever you want to show to visitors to your site. These profile pages can be developed for all levels of a taxonomic structure including species, genus, subfamily, family etc to whatever level of detail you wish to go to and is appropriate for your audience and useful in surveys. The Taxonomic Group is a flexible grouping classification tool. You can group things by anything you like: For example type - lizards, snakes, skinks, waterfowl, birds of prey, etc; OR or within a family or kingdom: Waterfowl, Herons, Ibis etc, Birds of Prey, Shorebirds and Gulls, Pigeons and Doves, Cockatoos, Parrots and Lorikeets, Robins, Cuckoos, and so on; OR by habitat – wetlands, dry forest etc. Clicking on the taxonomic opens the next level down which is usually a list of species – then Clicking on an individual species opens the selected species profile page. You can group species at whatever level of detail you like, is appropriate for your audience and is useful in setting the context of more formal scientifically driven surveys (vs a casual “any species” sighting record with basic Darwin Core Fields). Most BDRS sites have a field guide or species guide which shows this first level of grouping that provide users with the opportunity to browse your content within the grouping or association framework and which shape and guide their understanding of what your particular projects are all about. This document: Part 1 describes the processes for creating Taxonomy Groups. Part 2 describes the processes for creating Taxon/Species pages.
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