Programs for managing collections

Dear colleagues,
please suggest convenient programs (databases) for maintaining collections. Preferably freeware. Preferably user-configurable, but with the right tools for configuration (no knowledge of the language or programming environment is required) and minimal initial configuration, so as not to start from scratch. You must be able to store data from the geographical, environmental, and identification labels of each instance, as well as related external files or links to them (photos, notes, etc.), and search, select, and compile reports based on key fields. Of course, it would be very desirable to have an interface for printing labels directly from the database, but this is how it turns out, you can finish it.

Maybe it will be useful? http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=344603&st=0

Maybe it will be useful? http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=344603&st=0

Thank you. The "Butterfly" program is unlikely to work. And where can I download "Mantis"? The link in the topic doesn't work, and search engines only return a debugger with the same name.

MediaMan program organizer for your collection

I used one myself https://www.google.de/search?q=MediaMan&cli...iw=1407&bih=777

Thank you. The "Butterfly" program is unlikely to work. And where can I download "Mantis"? The link in the topic doesn't work, and search engines only return a debugger with the same name.

If necessary, I can send it to the PM or post it on the host.

If necessary, I can send it to the PM or post it on the host.

And you can give me one too.

Please post it on the host, I'm also interested in

If necessary, I can send it to the PM or post it on the host.

Thank you. Judging by the reaction of colleagues, this is interesting to many, it is better to put it on the host, if possible.

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http://файлообменник.рф/nkp9dn5u2z2n.html

If the online version is suitable and if the collection is based on butterflies, then somewhere in the thread during the week there will be a corresponding program on Lepidoptera.ru. Actually, it is already ready, but here the programmer promised me one of the Googlomapsovye points still oprikhodovat so that they can be put down for instances, I'm waiting, I want to start immediately with them.

This post was edited by Asar - 29.08.2014 19: 07

And how is the butterfly collection fundamentally different from others?

I just unpacked the archive of the MANTIS program. The program does not require installation, but on my computer with Win7 Home Premium 64-bit normally runs only from the administrator. So far, I've only had a cursory look, but I can't resist - the program is just awesome, I can't find another word for it! (Or rather, I'll pick it up, but I won't print it ). Much higher than expected. A very rich set of fields for data on individual instances and samples, collection points, types, and other entities. They are all linked in the database structure (some links need to be set manually, for example, after defining an instance, you need to link it to a card of the corresponding type). Ability to link a large number of images, and each image is provided with several (!) attributes (life stage, gender, part of the instance, habitat, etc.). I haven't found a way to link Internet links and HTML materials yet, but I hope there is such a possibility (at least there are article cards with the ability to upload PDF). Automatic display (at the click of a button) of the coordinates specified in the card on Google Map! Automatic label generation in a given template and output to the printer! Some attributes are suggested to be configured by the user, and there are many non-normalized "note" fields, which is usually not enough in "standard" databases. Nice, clear contextual hints and an overall impression of thoughtfulness.
Accordingly, you will have to spend some time mastering all this - this is the flip side of the coin. But the interface as a whole is intuitive to anyone who has dealt with databases and collections in one form or another. This does not prevent the fact that the program does not support Russian (which is not surprising), and I chose English (although I speak it decently). To my considerable annoyance and surprise, I did not find ANY program guide, either embedded or in folders, which is very surprising. m. b. lost on the way from the developer to me?
In general, while euphoria and complete delight, especially after I had previously familiarized myself with several programs for "home collecting" - not just insects, but all sorts of things.

The program does not require installation, but on my computer with Win7 Home Premium 64-bit normally runs only from the administrator.

Is UAC screaming? I have in Win7 Ultimate 64-bit this very UAC is disabled and everything is normal: the program itself asked only at the first launch.
How to disable it (this parasite nafig is not needed) is written here: http://windata.ru/windows-7/bezopasnost-7/...ac-v-windows-7/

Is UAC screaming? I have in Win7 Ultimate 64-bit this very UAC is disabled and everything is normal: the program itself asked only at the first launch.

No, no one screams, I also, it turns out, asked only at the first launch. Found Help in the main menu, but unfinished, only some topics work. It's a pity that the program's website is apparently no longer supported by the author. Theoretically, since the program is made on the basis of FileMaker Pro 9, it (probably not in the form of an installed module, but in the form of FM9 files, like I found such an archive) with sufficient familiarity with FileMaker, you can open and redo it for yourself (the program was made for grasshopper research, including using molecular methods and bioacoustics, because it contains the appropriate weighty gadgets, which I personally don't need in this form, but I haven't found something I need yet), but this is for the future. Since it seems that all data files can be converted to Excel and then transferred to another database, as well as saved in case of anything as backupBoth the program itself and in the form of Excel spreadsheets, I'll start using this program for now, and then we'll see.

And how is the butterfly collection fundamentally different from others?

On Lepidopter, instances are automatically linked to the site's species database and, accordingly, photos and other entities. In other words, you don't need to fill out the database yourself, but only need to enter data from specific instances.
Accordingly, there is a database of butterfly species on the site, but there are no databases of beetles, for example.

This post was edited by Asar - 31.08.2014 07: 48

Here the Germans have quite a large list. http://www.bgbm.org/tdwg/acc/Software.htm
Around (I mean herbariums), most people use Specify -- http://specifysoftware.org/
I don't use it, but my herbarium is small (6K), so far there are enough flat tables + a script system that manages photos and labels.

On Lepidopter, instances are automatically linked to the site's species database and, accordingly, photos and other entities. In other words, you don't need to fill out the database yourself, but only need to enter data from specific instances.
Accordingly, there is a database of butterfly species on the site, but there are no databases of beetles, for example.

And where is it there?

Mmm. I don't see "there"in the quote. What are you talking about?

In the sense of where on the site to see this clinging instances to the database of views?

Clinging inside the program itself will be available to all comers for about a week, as I wrote in the first message. If the map points are ready by then, it will be immediately with points, if they don't have time, then I won't wait any longer, I'll fix them first without points.
If you are interested in what it might look like at all, then it is the same as clinging photos to views when uploading them to the site. Register on the site (if you haven't registered yet) and go to the photo uploads section, where you can view all the photos before actually uploading the photo. If you don't want to regress, you can just use the search on the site-start typing the name of the taxon, and you will be given variants of names from the main database and from the database of synonyms, generic combinations, and even Russian names.
This is when you need to chain instances one at a time.
If there are a bunch of them at once, then the names of species (along with other instance properties) are written in Excel, uploaded to the site, and the program on the site binds all instances that it finds matches in the database of species or synonyms / generic combinations to the types on the site. If there is an offline program with ready-made data, then you can start exporting it to Excel/CSV, if necessary, move the fields left/right for full compatibility, and just throw it all on the Lepidopter.

I'm probably stupid. I type the name in the search field and it shows taxa. But where to attach instances? Or is it only for registered users? Imho, the interface is unintuitive.

Clinging inside the program itself will be available to all comers for about a week, as I wrote in the first message.

Understood, waiting.

If you haven't seen it yet, then there is a corresponding link in the personal account on the site (you need to register / go to your acc so that it can be seen).

The inscription on the "Download exemp" button should be corrected, if this, of course, is not a feature
For testing, I uploaded an instance with a photo. In the future, when searching on the site, the photo doesn't come out, although I didn't remove the "I don't mind using the image ..." checkbox. Did you click something wrong? A glitch?

This post was edited by kovyl - 09/21/2014 19: 10

If you mean that photos are not in the main gallery of the site (and not in copies), then this should be the case. There are 2 checkboxes when uploading - "do not mind" and "publish automatically". The first one means that you don't mind if the site moderator publishes your photo in the main gallery, and the second one means that you think it's necessary to publish it there and want to do it at the same time as uploading the instance. The first one is set by default, and the second one is unchecked.
About the button -- thanks for the tip, fixed it)

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Can I still upload the program? Otherwise, the link is no longer valid.You are welcome!

Can I still upload the program? Otherwise, the link is no longer valid.You are welcome!

Yes please: http://01.файлообменник.рф/2908dwjppzmv.html
If people recommend another resource to me, I can post it there as well.

Recommend a program for maintaining a bug collection.
And then everything is the old-fashioned way in EXCEL.

Yes please: http://01.файлообменник.рф/2908dwjppzmv.html
If people recommend another resource to me, I can post it there as well.

Can I do it again? You are welcome.

http://файлообменник.рф/xbuk1abubl0v.html

Yes please: http://01.файлообменник.рф/2908dwjppzmv.html
If people recommend another resource to me, I can post it there as well.

I can put it on macroid.ru, will not disappear there by itself.

Don't you want to keep an account on the site? This is also how people can view everything that is available. And any integral processing of the material opens up in scientific terms - by region what is found, show points on the map, phenogram, etc.
I have something similar on kharkov.naturalist.su.
http://kharkov.naturalist.su/gallery/collection.php
The Yunakov weevil database is flooded. This is about 10 thousand records from different museums.

MANTIS v. 2.0
http://140.247.119.225/Mantis/index.htm#download

PortaBase
http://freecode.com/projects/portabase

Next week, I will meet with the proger on the issue of a desktop (i.e. locally available, without a network connection) collection management program with synchronization with the online version. If anyone has any thoughts/suggestions on how to do it and how not to, what is missing, and what is already there-write.

Most of the suggestions are already available in PortaBase:
Work under Windows, Linux, on tablets (maemo, but it's about the processor);
Minimalistic (not cluttered) interface that is clear without a language;
Free, free sources;
Flexible configuration of columns with file types (photos, text, etc.) and the template expands depending on the task;
Support for importing CSV file format export de facto database exchange;
plugin support...The programmer only needs to create a plugin for syncing with a specific site, but you will also need to put the plugin on the resource and fill out standard templates.

If I understand correctly, Portabase is not a specialized program, but, roughly speaking, a variant of Excel, perverted for DB-like work. I.e. some Excel++. I.e. work is even more independent than with Mantises. Accordingly, the comparison is not quite there. Not even there at all. Bo, my idea is to reduce the self-talk as much as possible.

This post was edited by Asar-04.03.2015 13: 20

Not exactly, or rather not at all:
Databases were created initially, and excel later;
PortaBase is a program with filling in cards, while it is a database with storage in a single file.
Creating a list of required columns, for example:
name of the genus. view, top photo, photo..., etc., text file-diagnosis, synonymy, etc. and fill out the cards that we open by clicking on the line, or adding a new file-line.
You can pull the file into the original list of taxa from any site and add information to form an information array as desired. In general, it takes longer to describe than to work...

Although you can try to come up with something with a non-standard solution...At one time, eighth-graders came up with Excel, and before that they used databases, but this is history...Front-end access to the resource already exists and is paid (see EarthCape). But the main point is that it is free for users not only at the initial stage...
It is most convenient to fill out a card where you can sync known data from the resource and add new data, but there are more questions than answers.

antlook, I mean that PortaBase is not a special program for maintaining collections, but a certain basis for making it convenient to keep records. That is, at the initial stage, we have a certain footcloth (absolutely empty), which we fill out for ourselves.
I want to make it so that
A) There was an initial info right away (editing is often faster/more comfortable than starting a sea of taxa from scratch)
B) There were no all sorts of surpluses that often appear in homegrown systems (five-fold duplication of information everywhere and everywhere)
C) It was possible to work together, as well as publish / collect data to / from the site(a) .