http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/ 2010-07-04T16:57:09-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/ http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-07-01T14:18:11-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=add_biography If you are using: IsoveraDL * Login * Go to Controlled Vocabularies * Locate “Resource Type” and click edit * After ”(11) Bibliography” enter ”(56) Biography” on a new line. * Click save and then confirm. * You are done. It will now appear in your cataloging forms. text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=advisory_board_20030515 May 15, 2003 Introduction and Overview: The BEN Advisory Board meeting was kicked off by a series of introductory presentations by Yolanda George of AAAS, Amy Chang of ASM, Marsha Matyas and Melinda Lowy of APS, Jason Taylor of ESA, Kelly Gull of ASBMB, and Nancy Gough of Science’s STKE. The presentations provided the advisors with background information and an overview of the BEN portal site and partner digital library collections. text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=ben_catalog_management The administrative management of the contents of the BEN portal master catalog of resources is addressed in this section. The metadata catalog contains the records that describe all of the resources that have been harvested from the metadata catalogs of BEN Collaborators.  text/html 2008-08-12T14:01:56-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=ben_lom The BEN LOM (Learning Object Metadata) is the specification for a Metadata standard derived from the IEEE LOM developed by the BEN Metadata Working Group. The BEN LOM Specification Whitepaper BEN LOM XML schema The BEN LOM specification is for use by BEN Collaborative partners that want their collections of online biological sciences teaching and learning resources searchable at the BEN portal site. The purpose of the BEN LOM specification is to support the cataloging of BEN learning resource… text/html 2008-09-03T09:43:00-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=ben_portal The BEN Portal is a website established by the Biosci Education Network (BEN) Collaborative. The portal stores and serves Metadata Records for biological sciences teaching and learning resources in a central location to help facilitate the discovery (serarch/browse) of these resources. text/html 2009-01-07T20:07:31-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=ben_project Project Goal To collect decentralized Metadata for Learning Objects, located at various collections, in a central “portal” database. How BEN Works There are three components of the project's goal: * Decentralized Metadata in various collections (i.e. your collection) * A central portal database (BEN Portal) searchable and browseable by end-users * Data collection – by means of a process called Harvesting that gathers decentralzed Metadata into the central portal (this needs to be set… text/html 2008-10-13T14:29:39-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=ben_technical_faq 1. What are my options for getting my resources into BEN? · IsoveraDL: You may or ask for you for a fee. · IsoveraDL SaaS: (IsoveraDL Software as a Service) is a hosted turnkey digital library based on IsoveraDL that will be available later in 2008. text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=collaborators_20060201 Wednesday February 1, 2006 * BEN New Collaborators Agenda * About the Biological Sciences Pathway * BEN Pathways Orientation Thursday February 2, 2006 Management Workshop * Building a Collection and Metadata Demystify * Peer Review Process of BEN Partners * Assuring Quality Resources - The Peer Review Process text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=collaborators_20080207 February 7th - 8th, 2008 * Agenda * BEN Tools & Isovera Services * BEN Community Sign On (CSO) * Harvesting Process * Notes text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=contact_us BEN Portal Support Team Contact Form Please report any bugs or feature requests to the BEN Portal Support Team at support@isovera.com or through this form. For bug reports, be sure to include full details about what you were doing at the time, including the URL, the input you provided, and the full text of any error messages. Please put ”[BEN Portal Bug]” or ”[BEN Portal Feature]” in your subject line, as appropriate if using your own e-mail client. text/html 2008-08-04T14:56:08-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=create_digital_library You can build your digital library using any technology on any database that you prefer. The only requirement from BEN for your digital library is that if you would like to get harvested to the BEN Portal your system needs to be able to generate BEN LOM Metadata Records to be sent to the BEN Portal. text/html 2008-08-05T10:25:43-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=create_harvester_component If you already have a collection and would like to get your Metadata Records harvested to the BEN portal you need to create a Harvester tool for your collection that is capable of creating Metadata Records conforming to the BEN LOM structure and sending it in a OAI PMH format to the BEN Portal upon the Portal's request. text/html 2008-08-04T15:53:59-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=harvesting Harvesting is the process of gathering decentralized Metadata from partner collections into the central BEN Portal. In other words, harvesting simple means getting metadata records from partner collections and storing then in the BEN Portal so that these records can be searched/browsed from the BEN Portal. text/html 2008-12-16T12:47:33-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=harvesting_process How is data harvested from my collection to the BEN portal? * BEN Project Manager asks each collaborator to determine whether a significant body of resources has been added or modified in the past quarter, and have been properly peer reviewed. * Collaborator responds, indicating readiness or lack of readiness for harvesting. * BEN Technical Staff use Harvester/Thresher administrative tools to harvest resources from Collaborator to the BEN staging site. * BEN Technical Staff prepare … text/html 2010-07-01T14:22:13-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=home July 1, 2010 New resource type “Biography” added to BEN. See how to add the new term to your collection and view the updated BEN LOM Metadata Specifications. June 29, 2010 IsoveraDL v2.4 released. See the release notes and download the new version. text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=i_am_looking_for_the_most_updated_technical_documentation BEN LOM and OAI PMH * BEN LOM Metadata Specifications * OAI-PMH XML Schema for BEN LOM Other documents * BEN Technical Architecture text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=i_am_looking_to_build_my_own_ben-compatible_digital_library You can build your digital library using any technology on any database that you prefer. The only requirement from BEN for your digital library is that if you would like to get harvested to the BEN Portal your system needs to be able to generate BEN LOM Metadata Records to be sent to the BEN Portal. text/html 2008-07-22T10:24:21-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=i_want_to_learn_about_the_ben_project Our Goal: To collect decentralized metadata for learning objects, located at various collections, in a central “portal” database. Understanding the Goal: Our goal has three major components: * Decentralized metadata in various collections (your collection) * A central “portal” database (the BEN portal) * Data collection – also known as Harvesting (this needs to be set up) text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=i_want_to_learn_about_the_harvesting_process How is data harvested from my collection to the BEN portal? * BEN Project Manager asks each collaborator to determine whether a significant body of resources has been added or modified in the past quarter, and have been properly peer reviewed. * Collaborator responds, indicating readiness or lack of readiness for harvesting. * BEN Technical Staff use Harvester/Thresher administrative tools to harvest resources from Collaborator to the BEN staging site. * BEN Technical Staff prepare … text/html 2008-08-13T12:25:48-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=isovera_conf_call_20080708 July 8th 2008 Attendance * Cal Collins - Isovera * Shakib Mostafa - Isovera * Sergey Demidenko - Isovera * Yolanda George - AAAS * Brittany Zelman - AAAS * Nancy Gough - SS * Charles Monroe - APS * Nancy Pelaez - VIDA * Jennifer Riem - ESA text/html 2008-08-18T10:15:12-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=isovera_conf_call_20080812 August 12th 2008 Attendance * Cal Collins - Isovera * Shakib Mostafa - Isovera * Sergey Demidenko - Isovera * Diana Darnell - SDB * Nancy Pelaez - VIDA * Jean Kayira - ASM * Samantha Katz - AAAS * Annalisa VanHook - AAAS * Jennifer Reim - ESA * Charles Monroe - APS * Nancy Gough - SS text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=isovera_conf_call_20080909 September 9th 2008 Attendance * Cal Collins - Isovera * Shakib Mostafa - Isovera * Sergey Demidenko - Isovera * Diana Darnell - SDB * Jennifer Reim - ESA * Charles Monroe - APS Covered Topics * Review ESA issues saved in the issue tracking system * Update on Isovera enhancements * Update on September 30th release of IsoveraDL * Open floor for questions * Open floor for suggestions text/html 2008-07-22T13:42:41-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=learning_object A learning object is any resource that may be used to support teaching/learning. Examples of learning objects are articles, books, web pages, images, videos etc. text/html 2008-09-09T15:52:28-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=meeting_minutes Sep. 9, 2008 * Isovera Monthly Conference Call Aug. 12, 2008 * Isovera Monthly Conference Call Jul. 8, 2008 * Isovera Monthly Conference Call Feb. 7 - 8, 2008 * Collaborators Meeting Dec. 13, 2006 * Technical Meeting Feb. 1 - 3, 2006 * Collaborators Meeting text/html 2008-07-22T10:37:07-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=metadata Metadata is descriptive information about a learning object (resource, e.g. an article, a webpage) that supports the development and management of online collections and user access to the contents of the collections. It provides a way to categorize a learning object in order to facilitate the discovery (searching and browsing) of the resource. text/html 2008-07-24T14:22:44-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=oai_pmh Open Archives Initiative (OAI) - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (PMH) is the protocol we support for Harvesting Metadata from collaborator collections to the BEN Portal. Currently we support OAI PMH versions 1.1 and 2.0. Please look at the OAI PMH website at http://www.openarchives.org/pmh for specifications, tools, tutorials and other information. text/html 2008-09-10T11:48:32-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=q_a_backup This page is used to answer questions from the public. It is moderated by Isovera staff. Please respect your right for public access. (view backup) Instructions for adding a question: * Click “edit this page” * A form will appear with the entire text of this page. * Scroll to the bottom of this page. * After the text “Add your question here...” write your organization name and the question. * Click save. * Isovera will organize, format, and answer your question in a few days. *… text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=technical_call_20060113 Wednesday December 13, 2006 * Agenda * Dewey Cataloging System * Dewey Peer Review System * Community Sign On and BEN * NSDL - Building Collaborative Tools * Notes text/html 2010-07-01T14:09:29-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=technical_documentation BEN LOM and OAI PMH * BEN LOM Metadata Specifications * OAI-PMH XML Schema for BEN LOM * Sample OAI-PMH XML for BEN LOM Other documents * BEN Technical Architecture * BEN Technical FAQ text/html 2009-09-23T16:25:27-04:00 http://www.biosciednet.org/wiki/doku.php?id=unmaintained_metadata_record_policy BEN Unmaintained Metadata Record Policy During our scheduled quarterly harvest we harvest Metadata Records from each BEN collaborators who have provided us with a harvester URL. During this process if we are unsuccessful to access the provided harvester URL, we will contact the collaborator to find out if this downtime is temporary. If we hear back from the collaborator and find out that it is a temporary downtime then we will wait for 6 weeks, confirm with the collaborator that the harvester i…