Catalog of Fishes 2.0: Improving Services and Preparing for Community Participation

加州科学院获得了一笔拨款，将鱼类目录从带有只读门户网站的传统单编辑器数据库转变为新的社区维护模式。系统的核心设计将采用符合新国际标准的基于分类单元的内容模型来交换基本分类数据。数据库应用程序将实施面向服务的设计，以支持网络提交、更新以及与其他数据库和文献的集成。该项目将定义一个新的管理计划，强调由编辑和顾问委员会主持的多个用户。作为动物学中最广为人知的分类学名称汇编之一，鱼类目录数据库的未来实用性受到其十五年设计的限制，但更重要的是其编辑的退休。该项目采取的将这一资源重新设计为社区参与新模式的方法将为类似的努力提供一个模型，以寻求综合和可持续的生物数据库新的运营模式。

The California Academy of Sciences is awarded a grant to transform the Catalog of Fishes from a traditional single-editor database with read-only web portal to a new model of community maintenance. The core design of the system will adopt a taxon-based content model compliant with the new international standard for exchanging basic taxonomic data. The database applications will implement a service-oriented design to support web submissions, updates, and integration with other databases and literature. The project will define a new management plan that emphasizes multiple users moderated by editorial and advisory boards. One of the most widely known compilations of taxonomic names in Zoology, the future utility of the Catalog of Fishes database is limited by its fifteen year old design, but more importantly by the retirement of its editor. The approach taken in this project to redesign this resource to a new model of community participation will provide a model for similar efforts to seek new operational modes for biological databases that are both integrated and sustainable.