The DiversityWorkbench is a set of components for building and managing biodiversity information. Each of which focuses on a particular domain and provides services for the other modules. To use the service of a module you need access to the database of the module and optionally the module application placed in your application directory. Entries related to an external module have a standard interface in the main form. There are 3 states of this interface:
1 - the value is only set in the local database with no connection to the remote module
In this state you may
either type the value or select
it from the values which are already
available in the database. To get a list
of the available values type the beginning
of the value (you may use wildcards)
and click on the 
button.
2 - the value is related to the remote module
If you wish
to set a relation to the remote module
click on the 
button. A window will open where you may
select an entry from the foreign
database. With this option you have the full range of query options
as shown in the image below as well as access to additional webservices.
If the value has a relation
to the remote module, the
interface will appear as shown above. To
release the connection to the remote
module click on the 
button. If you require
further information on the value, click on
the
button. This will open a form showing an
overview of the related value.
If the client application
of the module is
available, you may inspect the details of
the entry. To start the
client application of the remote module
simply click on the
button.
3 - relation to a webservice
Some modules provide the
possibility to link your data
to an external webservice. For example,
DiversityTaxonNames gives you
access to the taxonomic names of
IndexFungorum. To establish a
connection to an external webservice click
on the
button. As with the link to modules within
the DiversityWorkbench, a window will open
where you are able to choose from
either DiversityWorkbench modules or
external Webservices.