We have created color, poster-sized PDFs of the Specify database MySQL schema (schema v4.2) suitable for adorning that empty wall in your collection or office. The poster shows all the essential Specify data tables and their relationships. The diagram is large and...
The Specify Project is pleased to announce updates to the Specify 6 & Specify 7 collection management platforms. Several months in the making, these releases address numerous issues and new capabilities. The Specify 6 download page has release...
The Specify Software Project is enthused to announce three new capabilities in Specify 7.3 (and Specify 6.6.06), which was released 12 October 2017. Global Genome Biodiversity Network — Because biological collections and biorepositories are more...
At the Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, 5-6 June 2017, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, sponsored by iDigBio, we presented on options for organization and revenue models for the future of Specify Software. The two day meeting highlighted numerous leading edge...
In July, we dipped into the combined annual meeting of U.S. Ichs and Herps societies (JMIH) in Austin, Texas. Wizened observers will know that MUSE, the software predecessor to Specify emerged out of the ichthyological systematics community in 1987. “Fish...
