Meeting 12

3/15 BIDS 12-1

Agenda

• progress on finding databases
• work session
  • integrate search functions into client

Progress

• client looks fine
  • starting to integrate APIs
• begin work on new API search functions
• goal: complete part 1 of database search

Database Resources

• IUCN - need key
• BOLD - convert from XML
• Vertnet - cross origin
• NAS - aquatic species

Intended Structure

gh-pages:

• index.html
• css/
• js/
  • API
    • idigBio.js
    • gbif.js
    • .. (provide access to searchFunction)
  • client
    • controller.js
    • ui.js

Phase 1 Breakdown

• search for species existence
  • determine whether species exists in database
• search for species count
  • find number of occurrences of species
  • use to validate database info
• search for species location
  • be able to search for species by location/at location

Phase 2

• database comparison
  • use search by location to find all species at location in each db