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  • Botany
  • Biodiversity Informatics
  • Ecology

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  • Digitizing and aggregating local floristic data is crucial for biodiversity studies.
  • The Pladias platform is a web-based system developed in the Czech Republic for vascular plant data.
  • Integrating occurrence data with species characteristics offers significant potential for data analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the relational structure and platform architecture of the Pladias database service (PladiasDB).
  • To detail the approaches used for modeling species occurrence records and species characteristics within PladiasDB.
  • To summarize the operational experience of the Pladias platform over its first five years.

Main Methods:

  • Designing a complex relational database structure (PladiasDB) to accommodate diverse floristic data.
  • Implementing data management, validation, and export functionalities for species occurrence records.
  • Developing quality control tools for species characteristics data and distinct user interfaces for different user groups.

Main Results:

  • The PladiasDB structure successfully integrates species occurrence records and characteristics data.
  • The platform provides tools for data validation, map generation, and quality control.
  • Separate user interfaces cater to both professional researchers and the general public.

Conclusions:

  • The Pladias platform provides a robust framework for managing and analyzing vascular plant data.
  • The integrated approach facilitates biodiversity research and data synthesis.
  • Five years of operation have provided valuable insights into platform development and user engagement.