Inside this repository you can find the IPT User Manual and a variety of other valuable resources aimed at users, coders and translators. If you're searching for a more complete description of this software, its uptake statistics, release history, or roadmap, please visit the IPT Website instead.
The Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) is a free open source software tool written in Java that is used to publish and share biodiversity datasets through the GBIF network. The IPT can also be configured with either a DataCite or EZID account in order to assign DOIs to datasets transforming it into a data repository.
An overview of issues addressed in the next release can be browsed in the Issue Manager. No fixed date for this release exists yet.
If you're only interested in trying out the IPT please request an account on the Demo IPT by sending an email to helpdesk@gbif.org.
The simplest way to begin using the IPT is to request a free account on a trusted data hosting centre allowing you to manage your own datasets and publish them through GBIF.org without the hassle of setting up and maintaining the IPT on your own server.
Otherwise if want to setup your own instance of the IPT the Getting Started Guide is your entry point.
The core development of the IPT is directed by GBIF, but the coding is a community effort and everyone is welcome to join. Start by browsing the Project Manager to find the list of open issues you can start working on. Kindly note that contributions are welcome in the form of a pull request using a branch or fork of the repository. Full instructions aimed at coders can be found here.
The IPT user interface and wiki both need internationalisation, but it's a community effort and everyone is welcome to join. Full instructions aimed at translators can be found here.
Thanks to an enormous community effort, and by leveraging the power of the Crowdin localisation tool, the user interface has already been translated into six different languages: English, French, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese.
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A large number of dedicated volunteers contribute to the success of this software. With your help, the IPT has become a successful tool in use all around the world.
JetBrains is kindly supporting this open source project by giving GBIF free open source licenses for its full-featured Java IDE - IntelliJ. JetBrains is the creator of a wide range of tools have been helping software developers be more efficient, no matter what technologies they use. Take a second now to look at their leading software products.
Crowdin is kindly supporting this open source project by giving GBIF a free access to its localisation management platform. Crowdin makes it possible to manage a large number of concurrent translations.