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  • 08/31/2010 - Specify 6.2.03 Update Released
  • 08/24/2010 - Specify Training Workshops
  • 08/19/2010 - Specify 6.2.02 Released
  • 06/28/2010 - Project Activities, Windows 7 and Funding
  • 06/09/2010 - Specify 6.2.01 Released
  • 04/22/2010 - Specify 6.1.10 Released
  • 03/30/2010 - Specify 6.1.09 Released

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HTML and PDF Documents

  • Localization with Specify 6
  • How to restore a SpecifyEZDB database from a dump file
  • Using special Scriptlet functions with Labels and Reports.
  • Complete Specify Help document in printable format (PDF, 259 pp)
  • Hardware/Software Requirements
  • Specify Wizard step-by-step Instructions (PDF)
  • Specify 6 Model for Institution Organization
  • Specify 6 Collection Database Architecture, Organizational Model, and User Account Access to Multiple Collections
  • Field Formatting and Auto-Numbering
  • Specify 6's approach to Stratigraphy
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Guidelines for importing external data into Specify 6 (PDF)
  • Changing the default MySQL engine to InnoDB
  • Guidelines for Cleaning Specify 5 data before conversion into Specify 6 (PDF)
  • Specify 6 EZDB Introduction (PDF)
  • Specify Mobile WorkBench Introduction (PDF)
  • Publishing Specify Data with IPT (PDF)

Specify 6 Video Tutorials

  • Specify 6 Interface Overview
  • Editing System Pick Lists in Specify 6
  • Moving and Synonymizing nodes in a Tree in Specify 6.
  • Creating a Mapping in the WorkBench
  • Mapping text and number fields and renaming them in the WorkBench
  • Form Editing in the WorkBench
  • Tools and tips for entering data in a form in the WorkBench
  • Tools and tips for entering data in a grid in the WorkBench
  • These videos can also be viewed on the Specify 6 YouTube channel

Specify 6 Database Schema

  • Graphical version of the Specify 6 database schema
  • Text version of the Specify 6 database schema
The Specify Software Project is funded by U.S. National Science Foundation grant BIO/DBI #0446544.
Specify Software Project, Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS USA 66045
Phone: +1 (785) 864-4400, Email: specify@ku.edu, Website: www.specifysoftware.org