Diversity Collection

Tutorial

Collector

Collectors

Collectors are the people or groups responsible for gathering specimens. In the DiversityWorkbench framework, collectors are managed in the module DiversityAgents. There may be multiple collectors for a single specimen. For more detailed information about Collectors, see the chapter Collectors.

Add collectors to a specimen

You can add and link existing collector(s) from the DiversityAgents module, or add new collector(s) without linking.

  1. Select the specimen in the tree.
  2. Click the button to add a new collector (see point 1 in the image below).
  3. Select the collector entry in the overview (see point 2).
  4. Click the button to open the interface of the DiversityAgents module (see point 3).

 

  1. A window for DiversityAgents will open.
  2. Enter your search criteria (see point 1 in the image below), then click the button to start the query (see point 2).

  1. Select the appropriate entry from the result (see point 3 in the image above) and click the OK button (see point 4) to link the name in DiversityCollection.
  1. To insert a collector, click the button (see point 1 in the image below).
  2. Select the New collector 2 (see point 2 in the image below).
  3. Begin typing the name in the name field (see point 3 in the image below). All matching entries already stored in the database will be listed as you type. You can either select a matching name from the list or enter a new name if it does not appear.
  1. If the collector has a field number, enter it in the appropriate field (see point 4 in the image below).

 

  1. Finally, save your changes.

 

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