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Introduction

Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB)

The KNB is a national network intended to facilitate ecological and environmental research on biocomplexity. It enables the efficient discovery, access, interpretation, integration, and analysis of complex ecological data from a highly distributed set of field stations, laboratories, research sites, and individual researchers.

Morpho

Morpho is a data management tool for ecologists. It was created to provide an easy-to-use, cross-platform application for accessing and manipulating metadata and data (both locally and on the network). Morpho allows ecologists to create metadata, (i.e. describe their data in a standardized format), and create a catalog of data & metadata upon which to query, edit and view data collections. In addition, Morpho provides the means to access network servers, in order to query, view and retrieve all relevant, public ecological data!

The basic operations that can be carried out using Morpho are:

  • Create and Edit Metadata
  • Search and Query Metadata Collections
  • View Data and Data Collections
  • Verify/Edit Data
  • Provide Access Control

Metacat

Metacat servers allow ecologists to share their data and metadata via the Internet. Metacat is essentially a server from which ecologists, through using Morpho-- can upload, download, store, query and view relevant metadata and data on the KNB (Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity). Among other things, the KNB supports a network of Metacat servers.

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