by Norine Spears | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Specify 6 software is written in Java and requires software known as the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to operate. Until the end of January 2019, the Oracle JRE (also referred to as “Java SE”) was available for public use at no cost. At the end of...
by Norine Spears | Nov 15, 2017 | New Features, Uncategorized
The Specify Software Project (www.specifysoftware.org) is pleased to announce the fruition of a joint software effort with the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (www.ggbn.org) to facilitate the communication of genetic sample data to the GGBN Portal from biological...
by Jim Beach | Oct 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jim Beach | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jim Beach | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jim Beach | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Many thanks to the healthy crowd who turned out for our Specify Project future presentation in June at Botany2017 in Forth Worth, Texas. We appreciated receiving the feedback, ideas, and concerns of the plant scientists at the meeting both Specify and non-Specify...
