Connecting Specimens, Images and Vocabulary Specify, Morphbank, Morphster Beach, Noble, Spears – KU Mast, Riccardi – FSU Miranker, Tirmizi UT

Vision: a work process enhanced by online systems  Collect and digitize specimens  Catalog metadata and images  Add to online digital repositories ASAP  Protect digital information from outsiders  Create phenome descriptions  Extend ontology  Annotate images and anatomy  Share online among collaborators

 Specify specimen management  Desktop tool for specimen metadata management  Morphbank Image Repository  Web presence for collaboration and publication  Morphster and Ontobrowser  Ontology Management for Phylogenetics  Extension of ontology to incorporate phenotypes and annotations  Integration of Specify, Morphster and Morphbank  Searching for images using ontology terms  Linking images and other digital objects to ontology terms  Access to information from any user interface  Illustrate a key for legumes of the southeast Project: Repository and Tool Integration

Ontobrowser with Morphbank Keyword Search

CTOL Images  Apparent work process  Collect  Image  Annotate

CTOL in Morphbank

Illustration of Ontology Associate feature that can be seen in an image with ontology terms that describe the image – Area of interest in the image – Terms that describe anatomy, shape, etc. Replace – The (un) controlled vocabulary of Morphbank – With the controlled vocabulary of Morphster Resulting system is – Better for users because it is illustrated – Better for harvesters because it is precise

Ontobrowser API Specify Morphbank Morphster Publish images and annotations A TODO list of images and taxa Image retrieval Image deposit Ontology- based image search Retrieval of image annotations Our Cyber-Infrastructure

Retrieval of Annotations

Morphster  Image lookup from Morphbank  Currently: keyword based  Later: ontology-based, taxon, specimen, character …  Ontology-based creation of character statements  Currently: EQ (EAV) model  Later: Tirmizi’s taxonomy of character types  Image annotation: anatomical entities and phenotypes  Export to Ontobrowser  Image search strategies  Expanding scope  Ask for ‘wrist’, if no match, ask for ‘forearm’, ‘hand’, etc.  Harvest and

Morphster: Image Lookup

Creating Characters and Character States