Re: Biology database looking for a new home
Mark A Jensen <[email protected]> Mon, 07 May 2018 15:08:35 -0400
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--===============8369119302041243056== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----sinikael-?=_1-15257201327090.21217868383973837" ------sinikael-?=_1-15257201327090.21217868383973837 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You might have a look at data.world (https://data.world) - It might be the right kind of place for this, since folks there want to make data usable and connect it with analysts, not just store it like a Dropbox. On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 2:19pm, Peter Cock < [email protected] [[email protected]] > wrote: The missing URL for the project: https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/ Quoting the message: > The Native Plant Database is retiring on May 31st > > 15 years ago, Evergreen launched the Native Plant Database > as a tool to support our work in urban greenspace stewardship > and restoration across Canada. In the years since, our focus > as an organization has evolved and unfortunately we are > unable to dedicate the necessary resources to maintain the > Database in good order. After much deliberation, we have > decided that it is necessary to decommission the Native Plant > Database, effective May 31st, 2018. > > After this date, the Database website will be taken offline. If > you have registered an account, your personal information > will be deleted from our server, including all saved plant lists. > If you would like to save your lists or any plant information, > please do so by printing it prior to May 31st. > > If possible, it is our hope to transfer the Database to another > organization who will continue to expand the work and > contributions from Database visitors. If you work for an > organization that would be interested in taking on this > responsibility, please contact Lisa Ditschun at > [email protected]. > > Thank you for your interest, contributions and support of > our Native Plant Database. End quote. I would suggest depositing a long term read only export at Zenodo (http://about.zenodo.org/) for long term archiving backed by CERN. However, hosting for an ongoing live copy of the database is less straightforward. I don't think think this is something BioPerl or the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) would take on, but there is a chance one of our members may have a good idea - perhaps a botanical garden or natural history museum? Peter (OBF board member, but speaking here in a personal capacity) On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 4:34 PM, Gordon Haverland <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > I've been a long time user of Perl. I had heard of BioPerl a long time > ago, never looked into things beyond that. > > I have a problem with deer on my farm, and so I am building up a > database on things which deer might not want to eat. In doing so, and > research the edibility of red elderberries, I happened across the > Native Plants database at Evergreen.ca. There was a message there, > that they are shutting down the database at the end of the month (May > 2018), and they would like to find a new home for the data. > > I have a fair amount of disk space, so I sent them a note. Their reply > was that they would prefer that some organization take it over, not > just someone with a few TB of disk space. :-) > > I mentioned CPAN and BioPerl in my reply to them. I thought I should > "advertise" this here as well. > > Gord > > _______________________________________________ > Bioperl-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l _______________________________________________ Bioperl-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l ------sinikael-?=_1-15257201327090.21217868383973837 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">You might have a = look at data.world (https://data.world) - It might be the right kind of = place for this, since folks there want to make data usable and connect it = with analysts, not just store it like a Dropbox.<br><br></p> <div class=3D"cm_quote" style=3D" color: #787878">On Mon, May 07, 2018 at = 2:19pm, Peter Cock <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">p.j.a.= [email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br><div id=3D"oldcontent" = style=3D"background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><blockquote style=3D""><p = dir=3D"ltr">The missing URL for the project: https://nativeplants.evergreen= .ca/<br> <br> Quoting the message:<br> <br> > The Native Plant = Database is retiring on May 31st<br> ><br> > 15 years ago, = Evergreen launched the Native Plant Database<br> > as a tool to support= our work in urban greenspace stewardship<br> > and restoration across = Canada. In the years since, our focus<br> > as an organization has = evolved and unfortunately we are<br> > unable to dedicate the necessary= resources to maintain the<br> > Database in good order. After much = deliberation, we have<br> > decided that it is necessary to = decommission the Native Plant<br> > Database, effective May 31st, 2018.= <br> ><br> > After this date, the Database website will be taken = offline. If<br> > you have registered an account, your personal = information<br> > will be deleted from our server, including all saved = plant lists.<br> > If you would like to save your lists or any plant = information,<br> > please do so by printing it prior to May 31st.<br> ><br> > If possible, it is our hope to transfer the Database to = another<br> > organization who will continue to expand the work = and<br> > contributions from Database visitors. If you work for an<br> > organization that would be interested in taking on this<br> > responsibility, please contact Lisa Ditschun at<br> > [email protected].<br> ><br> > Thank you for your = interest, contributions and support of<br> > our Native Plant Database.= <br> <br> End quote.<br> <br> I would suggest depositing a long term = read only export at<br> Zenodo (http://about.zenodo.org/) for long term = archiving<br> backed by CERN.<br> <br> However, hosting for an ongoing = live copy of the database<br> is less straightforward. I don't think think= this is something<br> BioPerl or the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)= would<br> take on, but there is a chance one of our members may have<br> a good idea - perhaps a botanical garden or natural history<br> museum?= <br> <br> Peter<br> (OBF board member, but speaking here in a = personal<br> capacity)<br> <br> On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 4:34 PM, Gordon = Haverland<br> <[email protected]> wrote:<br> > Hello.<br> ><br> > I've been a long time user of Perl. I= had heard of BioPerl a long time<br> > ago, never looked into things = beyond that.<br> ><br> > I have a problem with deer on my farm, and= so I am building up a<br> > database on things which deer might not = want to eat. In doing so, and<br> > research the edibility of red= elderberries, I happened across the<br> > Native Plants database at = Evergreen.ca. There was a message there,<br> > that they are shutting down the database at the end of the month = (May<br> > 2018), and they would like to find a new home for the data.= <br> ><br> > I have a fair amount of disk space, so I sent them a = note. Their reply<br> > was that they would prefer that some = organization take it over, not<br> > just someone with a few TB of disk= space. :-)<br> ><br> > I mentioned CPAN and BioPerl in my = reply to them. I thought I should<br> > "advertise" this here as = well.<br> ><br> > Gord<br> ><br> > ________________________= _______________________<br> > Bioperl-l mailing list<br> > [email protected]<br> > http://mailman.open-bio.= org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l<br> _______________________________________= ________<br> Bioperl-l mailing list<br> [email protected].= org<br> http://mailman.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l<br> </p> </blockquote></div> ------sinikael-?=_1-15257201327090.21217868383973837-- --===============8369119302041243056== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Bioperl-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bioperl-l --===============8369119302041243056==--