Glossary - AtlasOfLivingAustralia/documentation GitHub Wiki
Long name
The long name of a LA Project is the name used in long descriptions of you LA Project in web pages, emails, e.g: Atlas of Living Australia
, BioAtlas Sweden
, Portal de Datos de GBIF.ES
, NBN Atlas
, and so on.
Short name
An abbreviation of the Long Name of a LA Project, e.g.: ALA
, GBIF.ES
, NBN
.
Directory name
Directory name extensión to use in the generated directories and files of a LA Project, e.g.: ala
, gbif_es
, nbn
. Typically used in inventories generated directories but also in server configurations like /data/dirName-hub
directories. It should contain lowercase characters, numbers and/or underscores.
Domain
The main DNS domain used by your LA Project, e.g.: ala.org.au
, bioatlas.se
, gbif.es
, gbif.pt
, nbnatlas.org
, etcetera. You can still have your LA portal home in a subdomain, like datos.gbif.es
or dados.gbif.pt
.
Services map area
The map area is the focused area used by services like collections
(aka collectory
), records
(aka biocache-hub
), species
, regions
and spatial
, in their main homepage map.
Map area name
You should give a name for this area, e.g.: 'Australia', 'United Kingdom', 'Vermont', and so on.
Organization Address
Your organization address (address, postal code, city, state, country, postal code, ...) is used for GBIF data publications (EML) from the collectory and also for provide sources information in the downloads (in biocache).