Philosophy

• Operating system independent
• compatible with different database engines
• combine and analyze various data sources

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Operating system independent
• OpenSource
• Modular code structure
• Based on the widely used Eclipse IDE
• Extendable via plugins
• Includes special biodiversity data plugins (DELTA, NaviKey)
• Compatible with different database engines
• Combine and analyze various data sources
• Work online and offline
• Several users can view and edit one server-based database

Cons

• Some effort to install
• Some runtime environment requirements

Rich client architecture

• DiversityNavigator is a rich or fat client application. It enables you to work both local and server-based databases.
• DiversityNavigator can be extended to fulfil your own needs by using plugins. You also can develop your own plugins.
• Local applications can be embedded (Examples?)
• For more information about rich client architecture refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_client

Biodiversity informatics

• DiversityNavigator was originally designed for viewing, editing and analyzing biodiversity data. Though, DiversityNavigator is not limited to that field.
• DiversityNavigator can be used for viewing, editing and analyzing any kind of data.

Eclipse

• For more information about Eclipse refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_IDE