New Phenoscape data repository

November 6, 2008

We have set up a data repository on SourceForge to house the growing number of data files that are worked on daily by new curators and students. The repository uses Subversion (SVN) software to maintain current and all previous versions of each Phenex data file.  Curators “update” the local copies of data files on their computers with the current versions from the repository, add their modifications, and “commit” their modified local copy to the repository at the end of their work session.  We have been using ZigVersion as a friendly graphical client interface to SVN. Read the rest of this entry »