BioImages (VFG-UK) consists of static HTML pages (the taxon and record pages), PHP image pages and remotely hosted images. The static pages are programmatically built from a 4th Dimension (4D) Database; the fresh copy is uploaded in its entirety to update the web-site. The PHP image pages are driven from a mySQL database which is updated via Java using files exported from the 4D database. The images are held on, and served from, the DiscoverLife web-site at Sam Houston University in Huntsville, Texas.
DiscoverLife is the long term image archive for when BioImages and I eventually go offline. This winter I plan to set up a longterm archive for the textual data (in spreadsheet form) behind BioImages and BioInfo. This will contain all the fields necessary to build both BioImages and BioInfo, or to populate other sites displaying the same information and images. The files, like BioImages, will be CC-BY-NC-SA. The chosen archive(s) need to be long term but ideally also to permit regular update of the archived material (which isn't how archives usually work). If anybody wishes to have a personal copy of the archive files they are welcome to contact me via the email address on the contacts page.
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