= Babase -- The Wiki = <><><> == Using Babase == === Accessing Data === * [[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/programs/sql|Query, download, or modify db content with SQL statements]] (preferred SQL interface) * [[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/programs/upload|Upload]] your own data to the database * Browse the database via [[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/phpPgAdmin/|phpPgAdmin]] * [[WorkingDataDrafts|Working Data Drafts]] - Before using any of the data linked or referred to on this page, please contact the Babase Administrator === Learning === * [[DukeAuthentication|Accessing Duke's Systems and Logging In]] * [[BabaseTrainingCourse|Babase Training Course]] * [[GettingStartedWithBabase|Getting Started With Babase]] * [[SQLCourseLink|SQL Internet Resources]] * [[SQL_Language|SQL Language for Babase]] * [[TheBabaseWiki|The Babase Wiki]] -- The Babase website, you can help improve it! * [[BabaseGlossary|Babase Glossary v.1]] * [[BabaseHelp|Babase Help]] -- Other help links * [[BestPractices|Babase Best Practices]] -- Tips and suggestions to keep in mind while using the database * [[BabaseQuiz|Babase Quiz]] -- New Users must take this quiz before starting work with babase. See Niki or Jake for information === Reference Material === * [[WhatIsBabase|About the Babase Software Project]] * [[DocumentationLinks#techspecs|The Babase System Technical Specifications]] ([[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system.html|Web, un-paginated]]) ([[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system_html/|Web, paginated]]) * [[DocumentationLinks#pocketref|The Babase Pocket Reference]] ([[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/pocket_reference.pdf|PDF]]) ([[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/pocket_reference.html|Web]]) * [[DocumentationLinks#erdiagrams|Entity Relationship Diagrams]] ([[https://papio.biology.duke.edu/diagrams/|List]]) * [[BestPractices|Babase Best Practices]] * Babase user [[FAQs]] * [[BabasePending|Documentation for schemas other than babase]] * The [[Archived_DataSchema|archived_data]] schema * [[DocumentationLinks#otherdocumentation|Other Babase Documentation]] - Wish List, To Do's Etc * [[HerbariumRecords|Baboon Foods and the ABRP Herbarium]] === Data Management === * [[DataManagement|Data Management Tasks]] - primarily for use by data managers == Status of Babase Datasets == <>[[DatasetStatus|Dataset status detail]] == Source Code == All of the Babase source code is freely available [[SourceCode|right here]]. == Acknowledgments == We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation for the supporting the collection of the majority of the data stored in the database; in the past decade in particular we acknowledge support from IBN 9985910, IBN 0322613, IBN 0322781, BCS 0323553, BCS 0323596, DEB 0846286, DEB 0846532 and DEB 0919200. We are also very grateful for support from the National Institute of Aging (R01AG034513-01 and P01AG031719) and the Princeton Center for the Demography of Aging (P30AG024361). We also thank the Chicago Zoological Society, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation and the National Geographic Society for support at various times over the years. = Building your own database = If you're interested in building a database of your own, we have some [[DIY_Database|advice]].