Investigator Toolkit

The Investigator Toolkit provides a suite of software tools that are useful for the various audiences that DataONE serves. The tools fall in a number of categories, which are further developed here, with examples of potential applications that would fit into each category.

• Web portals and tools
  • DataONE Data Search Portal
  • DataONE System Monitoring Portal
• Metadata and Data Management Tools
  • Morpho
  • Metacat web registry
• Analysis and Modeling Tools
  • DataONE R Client Package
  • Matlab
  • VisTrails
  • Kepler
• DataONE Libraries
  • Python Library
  • Java Library
  • Client Library Object Model

ITK Architecture

Outline of class structure for the client library. There are two fundamental elements: nodes and granules. The former representing the base of Member and Coordinating Node functionality, and the later representing the (currently) smallest addressable unit of content in DataONE.