EDIT Platform Use Case: Palm Monograph¶
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- EDIT Platform Use Case: Palm Monograph
Global monograph of a large palm genus by a group of scientists¶
Overlapping stages¶
Distribution of work - group work
Information gathering - individual work
New data generation - individual work
Content preparation for publication - individual/group work
Work outline¶
Distribution of work
Contact among specialists to define the project
Make list of taxa (World Checklists of Monocots – EDIT Portal)
Divide taxa among the scientists in the group
Create project online (may include email list, forum, shared specimen database, common bibliography and folder to store documents and images)
Information gathering
Obtain genus and species descriptions: protologues and other treatments (EDIT Portal, bibliographic databases).
Search literature for related information: morphology, anatomy, ecology, phylogeny (EDIT Palm bibliographic database and others).
Get distribution data from specimen databases (herbaria, GBIF) and taxonomic accounts
Obtain basic maps (vegetation, etc)
Determine field work sites with aid of point maps
Request loans of specimens
New data generation
Examine specimens
- in herbaria
- high resolution online images
Get molecular data (?)
Analyse data
Content preparation for publication
Input data in shared specimen database (or import from spreadsheets)
Adjust images (size, resolution, colour) and add metadata
Create point maps or update existing maps with new collection points
Create regional distribution maps (TDWG levels or other regions)
Data analyses (e.g. phylogenetic analyses)
Make key (?)
Write draft in a template
Prepare reference list
Prepare specimens lists
Assemble manuscript:
- put together the drafts from the different scientists
- write common sections, if any (introduction, etc.)
Submit monograph to the editorial board (as a text or pdf document) through the portal
If accepted, upload data in the database through the portal editor or platform tools
- add new references, images, maps and text
- update nomenclature and taxonomy if necessary
Send notification of nomenclature and taxonomy changes to the World Checklist of Palms
Updated by Katja Luther almost 2 years ago · 18 revisions