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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

Group Membership and Life Events*

29 May 2007

Data through Dec 2006

Sexual Cycles**

29 May 2007

Data through Dec 2006

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.

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Programs

Generic Programs

Babase's Bespoke Programs

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:

As plain text:

[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.

  • [:TabbyTest:Tabby's test page]

  • SandboxPage -- Sandbox page for shareing code remotely

All Babase software and documentation is available to the public, presently licensed under the GNU [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL GPL] version 2.0 or later. We have not yet gotten around to putting the source code on our website so please ask if you'd like a copy.

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