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* [:TheBabaseWiki:the Babase wiki] -- The Babase website | * [:TheBabaseWiki:the Babase wiki] -- The Babase website, you can help improve it! |
Babase
The Alternate Home Page
(Quick link to the [#mainmenu Main Menu])
Status of Babase Datasets
We use this section to keep Babase users up to date on the latest additions and changes to the database. This should allow users to ask more informed questions of the database as well as allowing you to have a better idea of what results to expect. Any temporary unavailability or inaccuracies that may occur within Babase while work is being done will also be announced in this section.
Dataset |
Last Updated |
Data Included |
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Group Membership and Life Events* |
29 May 2007 |
Data through Dec 2006 |
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Sexual Cycles** |
29 May 2007 |
Data through Dec 2006 |
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Interact Data*** |
7 May 2007 |
Data through June 2006 |
- *Tables included are Biograph, Census, Members, Demog, etc.
- **Tables included are Cycles, Cycpoints, sexskins, Pregs, PCSkins, cycgaps, cycgapsdays, repstats, MMintervals, MDintervals, etc.
- ***Tables included are Interact_Data, Parts, Acts, Point_Data, Samples, Neighbors, Fpoints, ect.
The ranks, dispersedates, rankdates, consortdates, and maturedates tables are updated by both Duke and Princeton and are not necessarily updated at such regular intervals as the information above. Their addition to the status table above is pending, but needs further discussion and clarification between the database managers and the powers that be.
Main Menu
Programs
Generic Programs
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/phpPgadmin/ phpPgAdmin] -- A web interface to the [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL] database which stores all the Babase data. The authoritative Babase data is kept on the papio.biology.duke.edu PostgreSQL server, in the babase database, in the babase schema. ([http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net documentation])
Babase's Bespoke Programs
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/programs/wwwdiff/ wwwdiff] -- Compare 2 files. Used for proofing; the procedure is to have two different people enter the same data and then compare the results. ([https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system.html#Wwwdiff documentation])
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/programs/upload/ upload] -- Upload a tab delimited text file into the database. Useful because it will upload into views as well as tables. Several Babase datasets are updated using this program. ([https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system.html#Upload documentation])
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/programs/upcen/ upcen] -- Upload a tab delimited text file into the Census table. ([https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system.html#Upcen documentation])
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/programs/psionload/ psionload] -- Upload raw Psion data into Babase. ([https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system#Psionload documentation])
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/ranker/ ranker] -- The ranker program must be downloaded and installed on your local computer. If you are not at Duke you must also install the VPN. (The ranker program is not currently available for download.)
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/programs/logout logout] -- Logout from the Babase program suite. ([https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system#Logout documentation])
Documentation
The Babase System Technical Specifications
This document describes the data structures and capabilities of Babase. It does not describe which of these capabilities are in use, how the data is collected, or the procedures used by the Babase team members when collecting, storing, and maintaining the data.
This document is available in several forms.
As web content:
[http://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system_html/ in separate pages] -- for quick page loads
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system.html as one big page] -- for easy searching
As plain text:
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system.txt in a normal width] -- to fit on a page
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system.txt in a normal width] -- for easy reading
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system.xml As XML]
The Babase Pocket Reference
A brief summary of Babase. A listing of the tables, views, and the ER diagrams that describe the overall structure of the database.
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/pocket_reference.pdf The Babase Pocket Reference] is available as a PDF.
Entity Relationship Diagrams
[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/diagrams/ The Entity Relationship diagrams] are graphical representations of the database structure. They are available in various image formats.
Using Babase
[:GettingStartedWithBabase:Getting Started With Babase]
[:SQLCourseLink:SQL Introductory Course]
[:SQL Language:SQL Language for Babase]
[:TheBabaseWiki:the Babase wiki] -- The Babase website, you can help improve it!
[:BabaseGlossary:Babase Glossary v.1]
Other Babase Documentation
[:DatabaseBackups:Backing up the database] -- Accept no substitutes!
[:BabaseHelp:Babase Help] -- Other help links
[:ToDo:Changes we want to make to Babase]
Other Babase Technical Information
These links are primarly of interest to the Babase support staff.
[:RankerProgram:Ranker Program] -- The ranker program is used to develop and input Baboon social ranks.
[:BabaseVPN:The Babase VPN] -- The Babase Virtual Private Network is available to those people who have a Unix Login on Papio. It is primarly used to run the ranker program.
[:PsionFormat:The Psion Data Format] -- The Psions are handheld data collection devices. They output their data in a custom format.
Misc Links
[:TabbyTest:Tabby's test page]
SandboxPage -- Sanbox page for shareing code remotely