Morpho
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The Main Morpho Screen

The first time you login the main morpho screen looks like the image below.



The main morpho screen is divided up into two functional sections:

  • Menu (File, Edit, Search, Window, Help) and a toolbar containing icons.

  • The search icon begins the data package search process.
    The new data package icon begins the process required to create your own data package.

  • Data package - "My Data" display area. A fictitious data package is displayed to help the new user. As new packages are created and downloaded they will be shown here.

Data Packages

Morpho uses the term "Data Package" to describe a set of metadata and /or data, and is represented by a row in the "My Data" area. This data package is either stored locally and /or on a metacat server. The data package icons and their definitions are illustrated in the table below.

Data Package Icon

Data Package Definition

Data Package consists only of metadata, and is stored locally on your PC. The box represents a data package, and the folder represents a directory on your PC.

Data Package consists of both metadata and data (blue sheet). Stored locally.

Data Package consists of metadata, and is only stored on a Metacat (the networked graphic). This package icon appears when a search query returns a successful result from a metacat server.

Data Package consists of metadata and data. Stored only on a Metacat. Displayed from a sucessful search.

Data Package consists of metadata and is located both locally and on a Metacat.

Data Package contains metadata and data, and is located both locally and on Metacat.


Data packages, while created locally, can be uploaded to a Metacat server to become a shared Metacat Data Package. Data Packages are uploaded by right clicking on a Data Package Row.



! Notice the other options:

  • Open the Data Package to view the metadata (and data if present).
  • Refesh the screen.
  • Delete the local copy.
  • Export the metadata/data to a local directory.
  • Export to a ZIP file.


 
Search Interface

Click the search icon or use the search menu to begin the data package search process.





The search interface allows you to name the query ("Query Title") in order to save it for repeated use. The "catalog" and "local" checkboxes imply your search will occur both locally and on a Metacat server. The tabs (Subject, Taxonomic, Spatial, Options) provide more detailed search criteria. After entering your search criteria your results are displayed as in the example below.



Similarly to uploading a data package, you can download a data package to your local PC from a Metacat by right-clicking and selecting "Download from Metacat". Notice you also have the option to delete data packages. You are only allowed to delete files that you have created, or for which you have special permissions. See more on permissions

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