A modular ecosystem

Tools for every discipline.

Explore Botalista modules: living collections, seeds, herbaria and shared data.

An operational module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue. Beta versions, modules planned for the 2027 catalogue and discontinued modules are identified separately.Service catalogue

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29 modules shown

Living collections

BOTA-ACQ

Plant material accessions

Operational · current catalogue

Manage information on newly acquired plant material.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-NOM BOTA-CMD BOTA-REC
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-BS BOTA-CULT BOTA-IS BOTA-PART

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-CMD

Plant material orders

Operational · current catalogue

Manage orders for plant material.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-COR
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-ACQ

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-COL

Thematic living collections

Operational · current catalogue

Organise living collections by theme, such as alpine plants or protected species.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-CULT
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-CULT

Cultivated specimens

Operational · current catalogue

Manage specimens from the start of cultivation through the end of their life cycle.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-ACQ
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-COL BOTA-BS

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-REC

Field collections

Operational · current catalogue

Manage who collected material, when and where, connected to accessions.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-COP
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-ACQ

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

Seeds & conservation

BOTA-BS

Seed bank

Operational · current catalogue

Manage information associated with a seed bank.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-ACQ BOTA-CULT
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-EXIN

Ex situ and in situ conservation

Planned · availability to confirm

Conservation programme management, described in historical planning.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is included in historical plans. Confirm its current availability with the association.

BOTA-IS

Index seminum

Operational · current catalogue

Manage information and produce Index seminum.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-ACQ BOTA-CULT
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

Scientific collections

BOTA-ADN

DNA bank

Operational · current catalogue

DNA bank management within the combined offer in the current catalogue.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-EXC

Herbarium exchanges, gifts and purchases

Operational · current catalogue

Manage exchanges, gifts and purchases of herbarium specimens.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-COR BOTA-PART
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-HER

Herbaria

Planned for the 2027 catalogue

Manage herbaria, including loans, purchases and gifts.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-PART BOTA-COR
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is planned for the 2027 service catalogue.

BOTA-PART

Herbarium specimens

Planned for the 2027 catalogue

Manage information associated with herbarium specimens.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-COP BOTA-NOM BOTA-REC
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-FLO BOTA-HER

This module is planned for the 2027 service catalogue.

Shared modules

BOTA-ADM

Administration

Operational · current catalogue

Manage users, functional units and locations.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-BIB

Bibliographic references

Beta · current catalogue

Manage bibliographic references.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-COP
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is offered as a beta version in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-CKL

Checklists

Planned · availability to confirm

Checklist management, described in historical planning.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is included in historical plans. Confirm its current availability with the association.

BOTA-COP

Groups of people

Operational · current catalogue

Manage groups of people, including collecting and identification teams.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-PER
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-ACQ BOTA-NOM BOTA-PART BOTA-REC

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-COR

Correspondents

Operational · current catalogue

Manage information on correspondents and institutional contacts.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-CMD BOTA-EXC BOTA-HER BOTA-IS

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-DOC

Documents and images

Operational · current catalogue

Manage documents, PDFs and images.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-FLO

Flora projects

Planned · availability to confirm

Manage information associated with flora projects, descriptions and identification keys.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-NOM BOTA-PART BOTA-TAX
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is included in historical plans. Confirm its current availability with the association.

BOTA-MAP

Spatial data

Operational · current catalogue

Spatial module included in the repository’s architecture diagram.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-MOB

Mobile interfaces

Beta · current catalogue

Provide interfaces designed for mobile devices.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is offered as a beta version in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-NOM

Nomenclature and synonymy

Operational · current catalogue

Manage botanical nomenclature and synonymy by project.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-BIB BOTA-COP
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-ACQ BOTA-FLO BOTA-PART BOTA-TAX

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-PER

People

Operational · current catalogue

Manage information on collectors, determiners and authors.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-COP

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-REP

Reports

Operational · current catalogue

Produce reports from collection data.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-TAX

Taxa

Operational · current catalogue

Manage taxon information: description, ecology, distribution and protection status.

Required modules (historical architecture): BOTA-NOM
Dependent modules (historical architecture): BOTA-FLO

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTAVISTA

Publishing collections on the web

Beta · current catalogue · redesign planned

An interface for publishing institutional and community collection information on the web.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

The current version is offered as a beta in the current service catalogue. A redesign is planned.

Administration & other areas

BOTA-ANI

Animal collections

Operational · current catalogue

Manage information on animals.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-TIME

Time recording

Operational · current catalogue

Record time spent on projects and tasks.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module is fully functional and offered in the current service catalogue.

BOTA-VIS

Visits

Discontinued

Plan and manage visits.

Required modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.
Dependent modules (historical architecture): Not specified in the sources.

This module has been discontinued.

An interconnected architecture

The historical diagram shows how modules connect. It describes the software architecture and does not establish availability.

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