Taxa - My Manager
(beta version)The Taxa tab in My Manager is a new feature of this version of Morphbank. Here users can access all the taxon names in Morphbank and the associated data. Users may Add a new Taxon Name to Morphbank from this screen's Add New Taxa button as well as Edit any unpublished name they've added. In addition, users may Annotate any taxon name in Morphbank.
For the Taxa tab, after login go to Header Menu > Tools > My Manager > Taxa tab.
Also new in this version: Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) can now be defined and added to Morphbank. OTUs express a concept of a possible new classification, or grouping of taxa. These can then be shared with other users and soon added to My Matrices (coming in version 2.8). Note the new Toggle Taxa/OTU radio buttons allowing the viewer to limit the data being reviewed.
Features and Functions of the Taxa tab
Users familiar with Morphbank will be acquainted with most of these features. New Morpbhank users will catch on quickly due to the modular nature of the tools and icons. Note the highlighted areas of the above screen shot are briefly explained next.
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We appreciate your comments so that we can continue to improve and enhance Morphbank.- Keywords: Use the new enhanced search feature. Hold the mouse over the Keywords box to see an updated expanded list of fields the Keywords field searches.
- Limit Search by: A new feature of this (beta version) of Morphbank allows a user to view only the objects personally contributed/submitted AND/OR those from a particular group. Use the Header Menu > Tools > Select Group > Choose group from sub-menu feature to change groups OR use the Group link in the Header on the left side of the Main Screen.
- Toggle Taxa/OTU: Two new Morphbank features are evident here. A user can look only at Taxon Names in Morphbank, or limit the display to Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) present in Morphbank.
- Check box: Note the
to the left of each Taxon Id and Title. Use this
feature to Select one or more Taxa which will then be highlighted in green. A particular action can now
be applied to all the Taxa selected at one time using the Select Mass Operation feature. - Select Mass Operation: After checking one or more Taxa with the check box feature, options in the drop-down of Select Mass Operation can be applied to all the Taxa checked. Examples include: Create new OTU or Copy to Existing OTU. Specimens can also be used in the creation of an OTU or copied into an existing OTU.
- Submit: Click this button to carry out the Mass Operation selected.
- Icons: The icons and their functions are explained fully in Morphbank
Guide to Graphic Buttons. An abbreviated
explanation can be found on the All page
for My Manager.
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The
icon
shows data details for a given object, in this case, a taxon Or an OTU.
, the Edit icon gives the contributor/submitter of a given
taxon name, a link to the Edit Taxon Name
window to make any necessary changes. Users may Edit Taxon data only for any Taxa they've contributed/submitted if it's not yet published. The name cannot be edited
if it has been submitted to ITIS or has been used by others in the Morphbank system.
- Morphbank's
Annotate icon gives any user the opportunity to leave a
permanent comment about an object in Morphbank. In this case, a user may
Annotate a taxon name by clicking on this
icon for a given taxon name.
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The
- No. Specimens: If Specimens are in Morphbank with a particular Taxon Name, the No. Specimens link can be used to see these specimens. This will be a blue link (as in the above first Taxon Name) to the Specimen/s.
- A user may also
from this My Manager page. Click on the button to open the Taxon Name Search.
Click Add Taxon Name for more detailed instructions.
Creating OTUs with My Manager
: To group objects (in this case Taxa) together to create an OTU, ...- use the
check box seen just to the left
of each Taxon Name and Id. Each item checked will be highlighted green.
- After checking all desired items,
go up to the Select Mass Operation drop-down
and choose the desired action
(Create New OTU or Copy to Existing OTU). - Click
to finish this task. - Any OTUs created can be seen in this Taxa tab. Use the Toggle Taxa/OTU radio buttons to limit the display to OTUs only, if desired.
For any OTU, click the
icon to see the objects in a particular
OTU.
Add a Taxon Name to Morphbank
Edit a Taxon Name in Morphbank
Known Issues in this Beta Version
New Features
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