[PyWrapper-devel] FW: Call: Taxonomic Data Provider Tool Developer

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FYI

If anyone is interested in this,
please go ahead with the application!


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Subject: Call: Taxonomic Data Provider Tool Developer


  Call: Taxonomic Data Provider Tool Developer
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GBIF is seeking to simplify the integration of data relating to=20
nomenclature (scientific names) and taxonomy (classification of=20
organisms using scientific names) by developing tools to connect such=20
data more easily to the GBIF network.

GBIF is addressing this issue in several ways:

1. Working with the Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life partnership=20
(http://www.sp2000.org/) to promote the development of a network of=20
global species databases
2. Enhancing the GBIF data portal (http://www.gbif.net/) to index=20
nomenclatural and taxonomic resources served over the web as=20
tab-delimited data sets
3. Developing a data provider tool based on TDWG (http://www.tdwg.org/)=20
data standards to support dynamic query of nomenclatural and taxonomic=20
data sets over the web (more complex for data providers than 2. above,=20
but offering a search interface)

GBIF is seeking the services of a software developer to develop the data =

provider tool (item 3 above).

The tool should have the following features:

1. Relational database (two version of same model in Access and MySQL)=20
corresponding to TDWG Taxon Concept Schema (TCS) v. 1.01=20
(http://www.tdwg.org/subgroups/tnc/tcs-schema-repository/)
2. Customised provider tool using either the Python implementation=20
(pyWrapper, http://trac.pywrapper.org/) or the PHP implementation=20
(forthcoming) of the TAPIR protocol, with five endpoints configured, one =

for each class of data obect in TCS (Specimen, Publication, TaxonName,=20
TaxonConcept, TaxonRelationshipAssertion)
3. Customisation of TAPIR configuration interfaces as required 4. =
Interface to import tab-delimited file formats adopted by GBIF (see=20
item 2, above) into the TCS relational database

The developer should have the following skills:

1. Experience in web development using PHP or Python.
2. Experience in modeling data structures using a relational database=20
(specifically MySQL and/or Access)
3. Familiarity with TAPIR or one of the earlier TDWG data access=20
protocols (DiGIR, http://digir.sourceforge.net/, or BioCASe,=20
http://www.biocase.org/products/protocols/index.shtml)
4. Ability to plan and organise development work

Familarity with the TDWG Taxon Concept Schema and general understanding=20
of the principles of nomenclature and taxonomy will be an advantage.

The GBIF Secretariat expects to place a contract for a period of=20
approximately four months' work.

How to apply
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Interested applicants should send the following by e-mail to Donald=20
Hobern, GBIF Deputy Director for Informatics (dh...@gb...) by 30=20
November 2006:

1. Curriculum vitae
2. Description of relevant experience and skills
3. Details on availability
4. Expected remuneration

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Donald Hobern (dh...@gb...)
Deputy Director for Informatics
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat Universitetsparken =
15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel: +45-35321483 Mobile: +45-28751483 Fax: +45-35321480
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