Specimen

If you are connected to a DiversityCollection database (see menu Connection -> Module connections … ), and you select the option Scan module DiversityCollection the program will search in all available databases for specimen linked to the current name. With the option Restrict to type specimen you can restrict this search to type specimen. If you select an entry from the list the basic data as provided by the module DiversityCollection are shown. To see the details of the data you have to set the link to the software DiversityCollection.exe with a click on the botton (see below).

All DiversityCollection databases listed in the connections will be scanned for links to the selected name (see above). To see the details select the entry in the tree (see below).

A click on the button will open the client of DiversityCollection with the respective dataset (see below. In case the installation path of DiversityCollection is not detected by default, you will be asked to enter it. If the option Restrict to type specimen is selected, only type specimen will be listed. For an introduction see a short tutorial.

To forward changes in DiversityTaxonNames to databases containing data linked to data in e.g. DiversityCollection you must include the corresponding databases as described here. After changes in the data the button will be marked with a pink background indicating the option to update the linked data. Click on the button to perform the update as described here .