Updating FishNet 2 to sustain its use in high-impact, global, ichthyological research

渔网及其继任者渔网2(http://www.fishnet2.neT)，)在过去20年里满足了研究人员对研究收藏中鱼类标本的高质量数据的需求。渔网2目前包含来自全球75个机构的数据，为研究人员提供了480万条记录，代表5000多万条鱼类标本。它是鱼类学术研究最值得信赖的信息和标本来源。然而，建造渔网2号的专有软件已经超过了其使用寿命，需要更新。更新渔网2号的S操作系统将需要更新其大部分软件和其他系统组件。拟议的项目将使用最新技术和开放源码环境完全重建渔网2的所有组件。将更新渔网2号网络基础设施的所有组成部分。渔网2的机构数据提供者的数量将大大增加。从提供程序获取数据和处理获取的数据的过程将自动进行，以使数据保持最新。我们还将为渔网2号数据提供商提供各种支持服务。将实施一种动态的关系型数据库设计，灵活地增加目前没有报告给渔网2用户的数据域。还将实施一些新的搜索和结果报告功能。最后，将增加新的服务，包括数据质量评估工具、针对渔网2的R包(统计计算和图形软件)、用于与用户和数据提供商交流的网络论坛、渔网2托管数据发布(IPT)服务和新的和改进的渔网2应用编程接口(API)。关于所有项目活动和所有项目产品的通知将通过网络论坛、会议演示、学术出版物和在GitHub源代码管理服务上的帖子向渔网2数据提供商、软件开发人员和生物多样性信息界成员广泛传播。我们将在鱼类学和信息学会议上向渔网2数据提供者和用户提供关于使用渔网2新特征的培训讲习班。渔网2的用户基础将扩大到包括教育工作者和普通公众，办法是将来自FishBase和海洋生物多样性信息系统(OBIS)的数据纳入渔网2成果报告，并邀请教育工作者参加计划中的渔网2测试和咨询小组。测试和顾问组还将包括渔网2用户和杜兰大学计算机科学尖石学院的学生，他们将参与该项目的平台设计和代码开发。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

FishNet, and its successor, FishNet 2 (http://www.fishnet2.neT), have served the needs of researchers for quality data on fish specimens in research collections for the past 20 years. FishNet 2 currently comprises data from 75 institutions globally and provides researchers access to 4.8 million records, representing more than 50 million fish specimens. It is the most trusted source of information and specimens for scholarly research on fishes. However, the proprietary software on which the FishNet 2 was built has passed the end of its service life and needs to be updated. Updating FishNet 2’s operating system will require updates to the much of its software and other system components. The proposed project will completely rebuild all components of FishNet 2 using the latest technology and an Open Source environment. All components of the FishNet 2 cyberinfrastructure will be updated. The number of institutional data providers to FishNet 2 will be greatly expanded. The process of harvesting data from providers and processing the harvested data will be automated to keep the data up to date. We will also offer a variety of support services for FishNet 2 data providers. A dynamic, relational database design will be implemented with the flexibility to add data fields not currently reported to FishNet 2 users. A number of new search and results-reporting features will also be implemented. Lastly, new services will be added, including data quality assessment tools, a FishNet 2-specific R package (statistical computing and graphics software), a web forum for communicating with users and data providers, a FishNet 2 hosted data publishing (IPT) service and a new and improved FishNet2 Application Programming Interface (API).Notices on all project activities and all project products will be broadly disseminated to FishNet 2 data providers, software developers and members of the biodiversity informatics community through web forums, conference presentations, scholarly publications, and posts to the GitHub source code management service. We will provide training workshops on use of new FishNet 2 features to FishNet 2 data providers and users at ichthyological and informatics conferences. The FishNet 2 user base will be expanded to include educators and the general public by integrating data from FishBase and the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) into FishNet 2 results reporting, and by inviting educators to serve on a planned FishNet 2 Testing and Advisory Group. The Testing and Advisory Group will also involve FishNet 2 users and Tulane University Computer Science Capstone students, who will be engaged in platform design and code development for the project.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.