[IPT] digir/tapirlink useful features ...

[Hannu Saarenmaa]

This querying functionality is indeed available in Tapirlink, which is a 
solid and proven data provider package.

However, this thread makes me think that also Tapirlink could be 
enhanced to support harvesting by Darwin Core archive, similar to IPT.  
I mean, often users want to bulk download the whole resource.  I just 
had such a question the other day. This would probably speed up GBIF 
data portal harvesting process greatly.

As an existing Tapirlink provider, we are unlikely to migrate to IPT. 
But we could upgrade Tapirlink to a version that supports Darwin Core 
archiving.

Please allow me to suggest that GBIF order this enhancement to Tapirlink.

Regards, Hannu

On 2011-02-09 5:52, Tim Robertson wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> In the IPT there is 1 directory (the data directory) that you can copy
> to a new machine to migrate an installation.  The admin should also
> back up this directory periodically for disaster recovery purposes.
>
> You are correct in understanding the IPT 2.0, in that it does not
> support ad-hoc querying.  There are many potential development
> directions for the IPT, and during 2011 we will open up a wider
> discussion amongst the IPT users to determine the best approach.
> There are tools that do ad hoc querying so perhaps it is not the best
> direction for the IPT, and the IPT would be better placed at
> integrating quality control  routines and annotation consumption for
> example.  It will not be possible to satisfy all the diverse
> requirements on minimum hardware, simplicity, performance,
> functionality and scale without some compromises somewhere - this is
> where we need to do a good needs assessment as things develop.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim
>
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> On 2/9/11, Herbario SANT<sant.herbarium at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> One more question regarding digir/tapirlink versus IPT:
>>
>> It was possible to launch direct xml queries to them, so I could
>> construct a web server to show inventories or specific searches of an
>> specific data provider. How can I do this with IPT? I haven't looked
>> in detail but I guess the only way to get data from IPT is downloading
>> full datasets
>>
>> Nobody else has requested this feature?
>> Would it be possible to have something like this built in IPT, without
>> reducing IPT performance a lot? (even with a different technic but
>> similar client interface services):
>> http://tapirlink.berkeley.edu/tapir_client.php
>> http://algae.manoa.hawaii.edu/database/lib/tapirlink/www/tapir_client.php
>>
>> Thanks for your answers
>> David
>>
>> --
>> David García San León
>> Herbario SANT
>> Facultade de Farmacia - Laboratorio de Botánica
>> Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
>> 15782 - Galicia (Spain)
>> http://www.usc.es/herbario
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