[IPT] digir/tapirlink useful features ...

[David Remsen (GBIF)]

I think that is a great idea.  Who was the developer of TapirLink?

On Feb 10, 2011, at 2:11 PM, Hannu Saarenmaa wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> --
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