[IPT] digir/tapirlink useful features ...

[Mickael Graf]

Hi!

If my memory of veteran doesn't betray me, it was mainly Markus and
Renato De Giovanni. TapirLink is based on DiGIR which was developped by
Dave Vieglais. 

Cheers,
Mickaël

On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 09:53 +0100, David Remsen (GBIF) wrote:
> 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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> > > > Herbario SANT
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