Procedures

General Procedures

On top of the user interface, menu points for the following general procedures are provided:

• Data Transfer: Database import and export as well as data transfer between different databases via client (only databases with corresponding data fields); [all functions disabled, but in the present version – import functions p. pte. implemented in menu of data frame for the Checklist project item].

• • Import XML: import of XML-coded checklist file [generated by checklist parser function (see Data Validation and Data Conversion)].
  • Import XML from file list: import of XML-coded checklist files from file list
  • Import XML: export of XML-coded checklist file

• Data Validation: Parser functions for validatation of contents and syntax [all functions disabled, but in the present version – validation of checklist data p. pte. implemented in menu of data frame for the Checklist project item].
  • Convert to XML: syntax checking parser function for XML-embedded checklists (with proprietary markup) during conversion into pure XML.
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• Data Extraction: e.g. CODATA elements [– to be implemented]
• Data Conversion: data conversion between different formats (HTML, XHTML, XML, ASCII, UTF8, etc.) [– p. pte. implemented]
  • Convert to XML: function to convert XML-embedded checklist (with proprietary markup) into pure XML + syntax checking parser function
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Special Procedures

Special Tree Views

• [– to be implemented]
• Viewing (XML-coded) phylogenetic tree data
• Viewing and editing (XML-coded) taxonomic tree data