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

加州科学院获得了一笔拨款，用于将《鱼类目录》从传统的带有只读门户网站的单一编辑器数据库转变为社区维护的新模式。系统的核心设计将采用基于分类的内容模型，该模型符合新的国际分类数据交换标准。数据库应用程序将实现面向服务的设计，以支持web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用户。作为动物学中最广为人知的分类名称汇编之一，《鱼类目录》数据库的未来用途受到其15年前设计的限制，但更重要的是受到其编辑退休的限制。本项目将这种资源重新设计为社区参与的新模式的办法将为寻求综合性和可持续的生物数据库新业务模式的类似努力提供一个模式。

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.