EDIT Insects

(insect ver. 1.0,  May 22, 2007)

This document describes the users, content, main uses and general functionality needed for the insect exemplar group portal to become

• a web-based source of authoritative taxonomic information and related data
• a tool to facilitate collaboration among taxonomic experts and a mechanism for efficient dissemination of their research

Description of the Portal

• Users
• Main uses of website
• Content
• Interaction with other websites

Browse the website

Use cases

• Retrieve information about a taxon or an author
• Download content
• Register
• View personal page

Edit content

Users roles

Member:  every person registered in the portal.
Contributor: member that provide data or observations to be incorporated into the website main pages.
Reviewer: member providing objective solicited reviews of content submitted by contributors
Editor: member taking editorial decisions regarding all aspects of the site’s content, including contributed content. Several editors will form the Editorial Board.
Administrator: member able to provide technical support and perform tasks for the maintenance of the website.

Use cases

• Contribute taxonomic content
• Contribute non-taxonomic content
• Review proposals to add/change taxonomic content
• Management of the review process
• Management of user roles

Mocks

Details for insect taxon pages

Browsing functions (for Palmweb)

Editing functions (for Palmweb)