How To Contribute Data
(Before submitting data you must have a morphbank user account)
There are several ways in which a user or a group of users can upload images to morphbank:
1. Using the existing web interface. Images are uploaded separately along with their associated text information by filling out web forms. The web upload process is described in detail in the morphbank User's Manual. You must log in and choose a group before being able to submit.
2. Delivered uploading. Morphbank provides an already prepared Excel data entry worksheets and the corresponding workbook manuals. The contributors can send to morphbank a CD containing images and an Excel data entry worksheet populated with information. We also have ftp upload.
For each image set with a unique release date, create a separate folder. Name each folder: ImageCollection1, ImageCollection2, etc. Inside each folder, place the morphbank Excel workbook and all associated images. The workbook manuals should be followed carefully to prevent errors in your upload. You can send your data to the morphbank admin team in two ways:
- Save all image collection files on a CD and send to morphbank admin team by land mail (see address below). Make sure to keep a backup copy for yourself and send with proper postage and protection.
- Secure FTP upload. Morphbank provides a secure ftp upload service as an alternative to mailing CDs/DVDs. Registered morphbank users may email mbadmin at scs dot fsu dot edu for password, username and address. Although you should be familiar with ftp, only minimal experience is necessary to use this service. The Morphbank server may be accessed through any graphic FTP program, terminal or the command line.
Once a morphbank administrator has sent your account information you may begin uploading. Be sure to use ftp, not sftp as the transfer protocol. There is no limit on the number of files uploaded at one time. Once the images are on the server email mbadmin at scs dot fsu dot edu and let us know that your file transfer is complete and if you would like the account to remain open. Morphbank will delete the files off of the server once they have been received and the account password changed if the account is not requested to remain open. This service may be used once or many times depending on the user's specific needs.
When we receive images it may be a few weeks before upload; a member of the morphbank admin team will contact you in order to check your image upload or follow up with corrections to your Excel workbook. For further information about these options contact the morphbank admin group at mbadmin at scs dot fsu dot edu
Land mail address for delivered uploading:
Morphbank
400 Dirac Science Library
School of Computational Science
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4120
USA
