January 2011
Awarded GBIF project to develop Taxamatch Webserice v1.0 (http://code.google.com/p/taxamatch-webservice/)

Our aim with this version of the project is to provide an API JSON service based on a PHP/MySQL model providing the same service but aimed towards data cleaning, scripting applications, and real time mashups.

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December 2010
Awarded GBIF project to develop TaxonTagger (http://code.google.com/p/taxontagger/)

TaxonTagger is a web application that uses GBIF services to identify taxonomic names in web documents, highlighting them as they appear in the document and building a names index. The resultant list of found names can be displayed within the document itself. It can also be passed to other GBIF web services which compare the names list to an authority file and return additional taxonomic data from the matching taxon records in the authority file such as taxonomic status, classification, etc.

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June 2010
Awarded GBIF project to develop Darwin Core Archive Assistant (http://code.google.com/p/gbif-meta-maker/)
Use the tool now at: http://tools.gbif.org/#dwca-assistant

The Darwin Core is body of standards for sharing biodiversity information that include a set of terms, and recommendations on how to package and document them to facilitate data publication and sharing. One recommendation defines a simple, text-based, exchange format. A requirement of this format is an XML document, called a "metafile", that serves to describe the physical format and arrangement of published files.

This project provides a simple web application for data managers to use in order to generate and validate this metafile.

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September 2010
Awarded GBIF project to develop Spreadsheet Processor (http://code.google.com/p/gbif-spreadsheet-processor/)
Use the tool now at: http://tools.gbif.org/#spreadsheet-processor

The spreadsheet processor is a web application that transforms that transforms pre-configured MS Excel spreadsheet files to a GBIF-supported standard data format called a DarwinCore Archive file. The pre-configured Excel files contain multiple worksheets that support data entry. One worksheet supports the GBIF metadata profile. A second worksheet supports the publication of either primary biodiversity data, in the form of natural history collections /species observational data or basic species checklists. The spreadsheet processor accepts completed spreadsheet files via a web-form or as an email attachment. The processor performs a series of data validation and transformation steps and returns a validated DarwinCore Archive file to the user that can be published via GBIF or other biodiversity networks that support this format.