TY - JOUR T1 - Scratchpads 2.0: a Virtual Research Environment supporting scholarly collaboration, communication and data publication in biodiversity science JF - ZooKeys Y1 - 2011 DO - 10.3897/zookeys.150.2193 A1 - Smith, Vincent A1 - Rycroft, Simon A1 - Brake, Irina A1 - Scott, Ben A1 - Baker, Ed A1 - Livermore, Laurence A1 - Vladimir A. Blagoderov A1 - Roberts, David SP - 53–70 KW - biodiversity KW - database KW - e-infrastructure KW - Taxonomy KW - Virtual Research Environment AB -

The Scratchpad Virtual Research Environment (http://scratchpads.eu/) is a flexible system for people to create their own research networks supporting natural history science. Here we describe Version 2 of the system characterised by the move to Drupal 7 as the Scratchpad core development framework and timed to coincide with the fifth year of the project’s operation in late January 2012. The development of Scratchpad 2 reflects a combination of technical enhancements that make the project more sustainable, combined with new features intended to make the system more functional and easier to use. A roadmap outlining strategic plans for development of the Scratchpad project over the next two years concludes this article.

L2 - 48313 L3 - 49525 PB - Pensoft Publishers VL - 150 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.2193 ER -