Project

Project data

Agents

Institutions and editors of the project

The editors and institutions related to a project are found in the Agents part (see below). Use the )  and button to add or remove an agent and the and buttons to move an agent to the top or bottom of the list. An agent may be linked to the module DiversityAgents as shown below. Use the buttons and to set or remove the link to the module.

The data about the agents are stored in the table ProjectAgent.

Archive

Archives of the project

Descriptor

Descriptors of the project

For an introduction see the video . To add resp. remove descriptors of a project use the and buttons as shown in the image below.

The types Geographical name, Scientific name and Taxon name are linked to modules. As long as the entry is linked to the corresponding modules, the type can not be changed (see below).

To change the type you have to remove the link to the module (see below).

To administrate the types of descriptors, choose Administration - Descriptor types… from the menu. A window as shown below will open. The descriptor types provided by the system can not be changed (see below). The types Geographical name, Scientific name and Taxon name are linked to the corresponding modules DiversityGazetteer, DiversityScientificTerms and DiversityTaxonNames.

You can add, remove and edit your own types of the descriptors (see below). Use the button, to add a new descriptor type, the button to remove the selected type and the resp. button to edit the hierarchy.

The data for the descriptors are stored in the tables ProjectDescriptor and ProjectDescriptorElement.

Hierarchy

To hierarchy of the project is shown in the upper part of the form. Click on the button to set the superior project of the current project. To add and remove project related to the hierarchy, use the  and buttons. The current project will be highlighted with a yellow background.

Identifier

Identifier of the project

Identifier related to a project can be administated in the IDs part (see below).

To edit the types of the identifier open Administration - Identifier types… from the menu. A window as shown below will open where you can manage the types available in you database.

As an Administrator you can add and delete types using the and buttons.

The data for the references are stored in the table ProjectIdentifier.

Licenses

Licenses of the project

The Licenses related to a project are found in the Licenses part (see below). Use the   and button to add or remove a license.

The data about the agents are stored in the table ProjectLicense.

References

Citations and references of the project

For an introduction see the video .Citations and references used or related to a project can be administated in the Citations & References part (see below). As an editor you can add and delete citations and references using the and buttons. To convert a citation into a reference or vice versa you can use the resp. button.

The data for the references are stored in the table ProjectReference.

Resources

Resources of the project

Resources like images or data files that are related directly to a project can be administated in the Resources part (see below). As an editor you can add and delete resources using the and buttons.

The data for the resources are stored in the table ProjectsResources.

Settings

For an introduction see the video .The settings of the project are shown in the lower part of the form. To edit the template for the settings, select Administration - Settings from the menu. A window as shown below will open. Use the button to add a new setting. With the button you can define the superior setting for a selected setting. With the button you can remove the relation to a superior setting for the selected setting. To change the sequence of the settings within a group of settings (having the same superior setting) set the value of the display order (Ord.:) accordingly. With the button a selected setting may be removed again.

To add settings to a project, you choose among the settings defined as described above. To edit the definition of the settings either use the menu as described above or click on the button (see below). Use the and buttons to add or remove a setting. To copy all settings from another project use the button. To change the value of a setting, choose it in the tree and edit the text in the Value textbox above the tree (see below). According to the hierarchy of the projects, settings defined in any project above the current project will be inherited. This is indicated by a brown color of the setting and the [ name of the superior project ]. To overwrite an inherited value just add the same setting in the current project and enter the value that should be used instead of the inherited value, an empty value in case no value should be given.

History

To inspect the history of a dataset click on the button. A form will open, showing all former states of the data in the tables with the current dataset at the top.

The version will be set automatically. If a dataset is changed the version will be increased if the last changes where done by a different user or the last change is more than 24 hours ago (for further details see topic Logging ).

Table Editors

For the data selected in the main window the table editors offer a direct access to the tables of the database. The menu Data - Table editors provide an editor e.g. for Project… and Agent…

A window with the content of the table will open. Columns with a gray background can not be edited here. Columns with a light gray background are linked to the contents of lookup tables where you can change according to the contents of these tables.

Select Set timeout … from the menu to increase the default timeout from 5 seconds to a higher value, e.g. for greater amounts of data.  

For more details see chapter TableEditors