1. The Orthoptera Species File, a taxonomic database
David Eades
Illinois Natural History Survey
Presented at the Natural History Museum, London, 15 January 2007

2. Priority goals for OSF version 2
Conform to good database design
Generalize the data structure to handle more taxonomic ranks
Add integrity checks and fix errors
Provide a more convenient user interface
Keep the data current with new research

3. Raised expectations Better integration with Internet resources
Adopt the classification of specimen depositories as provided by the Bishop Museum
Adopt the geographic classification endorsed by the Taxonomic Databases Working Group
Link to other websites and exchange data
Provide data for large scale data aggregators
Expanded scope, kinds of data
Expanded scope, taxonomic groups

4. Raised expectations Better integration with Internet resources
Expanded scope, kinds of data
Provide interactive Internet keys for identification
Generalize handling of specimen data
Add more types of data
Expanded scope, taxonomic groups

5. Raised expectations Better integration with Internet resources
Expanded scope, kinds of data
Expanded scope, taxonomic groups
Phasmida Species File
Blattodea Species File
Others

6. Home page, top portion only

7. Search for taxon, simple search

8. Search for taxon, complex search

9. Same with dropdown open

10. Neoconocephalus sp. with pictures & sounds

11. Taxa page, Genus Novum 12

12. Taxa page, Romaleini with everything shown

13. Specifications for taxa display as for default

14. E, Taxa page, Romaleini with display specs all off

15. E, Romalea as current taxon (with default display options)

16. E, SelectTypeEdit page with Romalea as current taxon

17. E, initial Romalea edit screen (status details open)

18. E, same as previous with closed status details

19. E, EditTaxon page with error message when try to make Romalea a subgenus under Taeniopoda

20. E, Taxa page with Romalea as current taxon after Taenipoda is made a subgenus under Romalea (practice database, display specs still all off)

21. KeyDriver page for Typophyllum with tegmina character expanded

22. Typophyllum w/popup

23. Typophyllum w/full size popup

24. Select char state 1, submit char, collapse char states (not), shoot

25. E, same as previous but in edit mode

26. E, editing characters

27. E, editing tegmina characters

28. E, edit character state

29. E, edit presence of character state

30. Search for specimen page showing results of search within scope of Ceuthophilus latens group

31. Data for specimen page for Ceuthopilus guttulosus guttulosus
Data for specimen page for Ceuthopilus guttulosus guttulosus. Use search for specimen and select the one from Putnam County, Indiana

32. E, Add specimen page, nothing expanded

33. E, Add specimen page, locality expanded, only Wales entered

34. E, Add specimen page with locality section expanded
E, Add specimen page with locality section expanded. “Wales” was entered as the place name, the “Submit name” button was pressed, and the level 4 ddl is open

35. A, SelectTypeAdmin page

36. A, enter two RefIDs to compare

37. A, Page comparing two references

38. A, Show log entries page with log for one editor

39. A, ExecuteTest page

40. A, ShowTestLogEntries page

41. Home page, top portion only

42. Table summary on design page

43. Description of tblTaxon from TaxaTables

44. Diagram for taxon related tables

45. Statistics for Orthoptera

46. Acknowledgements Initial database provider
Daniel Otte
Initial Internet implementer
Piotr Naskrecki
Software group
Marilyn Beckman, Rich Flood, Elizabeth Frank
Orthoptera data group
Holger Braun, María Marta Cigliano, Lesley Deem, Mike Maehr, Fay Mayer, Patti Peek
Members of the Orthopterists’ Society as committee members, experts, and data providers