Morpho
User Guide
KNB Home  Data  People  Informatics  Biocomplexity  Education  Software 

 

Getting Started

 

Register for the KNB

The first thing you should do after installing Morpho (but before *running* Morpho) is register yourself for the KNB. Go to knb.ecoinformatics.org and fill out the following form. Be sure to remember your username and password!




Create a Morpho Profile

The first time you execute Morpho, you will be asked to create a new profile. This profile allows you to use Morpho locally on your PC and, once registered for the KNB network (see preceding paragraph), will allow you to create, edit and search for datasets on the KNB.

If you are upgrading Morpho from a previous version, you will also be prompted to create a new profile. If you want to continue using your old profile (so that your data continues to be visible), simply enter a new profile with the same name as the old one, and you will be prompted if you would like to use the existing profile. For example, if your old profile is named "jdoe", then enter "jdoe" as the name of the new profile, and when you finish the profile wizard, Morpho will ask if you want to keep your existing profile -- click "Yes".

Enter your profile name, name, and password as follows:
! Notice the white, left hand part of the screens. Directions and definitions will be located here. Your profile name does not have to be the same as your Metacat username.


Click "Next" to move on to the New Profile Account Information screen. Here you should enter the Metacat username and the organization name which you registered on the knb.ecoinformatics.org site.

 


Click "Next" to move to the New Profile Identifier screen. This identifier will become the prefix of your stored metadata file names. For example, jdoe.xml.

 


Click "Finished" to move on to the network Login screen, where you should enter your Metacat password.

 


! By entering your password and clicking the 'Login' button you will be able to create, edit, search and manage data both locally (on your computer) and on the KNB network.

By selecting 'Skip Login' you will be able to do all the previous operations locally, and may search for datasets on the KNB network. However, you will not be allowed to create or edit datasets on the KNB network.

 

The next screen you will see after logging in is The Main Screen



Help Home

 

PreviousPrevious       Main ScreenNext