Biodiversity Service & Application Tracker

Xper2 v1.9 Fri, 11/30/2007 - 16:41

Description

Xper² is an application based on the Xper format which allows the construction of keys (it includes an editor for descriptive data) and which is useful for interactive identification.

Review

-INSTALLATION AND USAGE: the builder only runs off-line. The player runs both on-line and off-line.

-FORMATS: native format: XML, text - importing format: CSV, Tab-separated, old Xper format SDD 1.1 (in beta version) - exporting format: Html, CSV, Xper format.

-KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: not possible to represent quantitative data - doesn't manage polymorphism - manage unknown values (boolean), manage missing data (empty data), manage applicable/inapplicable values - doesn't manage numerical data - doesn't manage misinterpretation.

-MEDIA SUPPORT: possibility to add pictures of the taxa, link to external ressources in comments text (html text, html url, image url), possibility to add videos and sounds through url attachments.

-FUNCTIONALITIES: allows editing and identification. Possibility to read (in identification mode if the knowledge base is on-line) but not to edit the same knowledge base from several computer concurrently. Doesn't manage uncertainty. History of identification: history of steps. Multi-access key. Possibility to have access to a complete descriptive card of the identified taxon.

-USER INTERFACE: online help available at http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/apps/xper2/aide/, languages: English, French, Spanish - loading time: minutes - launch time: minutes - dynamic community: website (http://lis.snv.jussieu/apps/xper2) Xper mailing-list: xper@lis.snv.jussieu.fr - known knowledge bases created with the tool: http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/viewxper.cgi, http://lully.snv.jussieu.fr/xperbotanica/ - possible future developments: a web portal, a better help documentation, import/export functionalities.

System Requirements

Plugin java