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National Nodes of the Biosafety Clearing-House Canadian System Overview

This overview provides information about the Canadian Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) system and its limitations, including the lack of a single window for national data and the constraints in presenting additional information. It also highlights the similarities and differences in data entry and publication, as well as the use of web services and customizable style sheets. This resource aims to help users understand the functionalities of the system and how to customize their own web site.

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National Nodes of the Biosafety Clearing-House Canadian System Overview

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  1. NATIONAL NODES OF THE BIOSAFETY CLEARING-HOUSECANADIAN SYSTEM OVERVIEW Caribbean Islands Workshop 12-16 December 2005 Bridgetown, Barbados

  2. CENTRAL PORTAL LIMITATIONS • no single window for national data • common format approach constrains presentation of additional information • no common format for some types of data we wanted to provide • some common formats do not reflect Canadian “real world” data • not user-friendly for general public

  3. WHAT IS THE SAME: • Enter data using the BCH Management Centre. • Record is stored in the Central Portal’s database. • Record is authorized by BCH national focal point. • Record is published on the Central Portal Web site.

  4. SO WHAT’S DIFFERENT? • Web services send copies of data • Your own Web site • Customizable style sheets

  5. WEB SERVICE • Data for the authorized record is copied and sent over the Internet by Web service • Web service is like e-mail between computers instead of people • Computers “correspond” through Web services without human intervention • Web service sends the data to an “end-point” • End point is a computer hosting your Web site

  6. YOUR OWN WEB SITE • Every Web site has a specific unique address on the Internet • Addresses can be created on servers connected to the Internet • Have an address, but no Web site • Like a building lot with no house on it • Content management program can be used to build the “house” for your info

  7. WEB SEVICE TO WEB SITE • Web site needs to know what to do with data sent by the Web service so it displays on the Web site correctly – right page and right format. • Data sent from the management centre includes information identifying type of record being sent (e.g. CNA or NFP) • GWS program reads information sent and places it on correct page using the appropriate style sheet for that type of record

  8. STYLE SHEETS • Style sheets are like forms with place holders (i.e. boxes) for specific data elements • Style sheets can have labels associated with the place holders • Labels and titles are consistent between records of the same type • Data elements may vary between records • Style sheets also set general formatting (colours, font, spacing)

  9. SUMMARY • Data entry is the same • Data entered still appears on BCH • Data copied and sent to your Web site • Same data also appears on your Web site • You can customize your Web site to change the presentation of your data • You can put links and other information on your Web site

  10. WEB SITE ANATOMY • Top tool bar • Side navigation bar • Banner • Information presentation area • Footer • Language environments

  11. WEB SITE EXAMPLE http://199.212.18.83:8080/default/main

  12. LET’S GET STARTED! • Open an Internet Explorer window using desktop shortcut: Generic Web Site http://192.168.2.208:8080/default/main • Open another Internet Explorer window using desktop shortcut: Management Tool http://192.168.2.208:8080/default/admin

  13. YOUR COUNTRY SITE • Change “default” in the address lines to your country name: http://128.168.2.208:8080/Country/main http://128.168.2.208:8080/Country/admin

  14. COUNTRY NAMES • AntiguaAndBarbuda • SaintKittsAndNevis • SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines • StLucia • TrindadAndTobago

  15. BANNER FILES • Country.gif • AntiguaAndBarbuda.gif • SaintKittsAndNevis.gif • SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines.gif • StLucia.gif • TrindadAndTobago.gif

  16. HTML BASICS <h2>Heading</h2> <p>New paragraph</p> Line break<br/> <strong>Bold</strong>

  17. MORE HTML FUN Hyperlinks: <a href=“url of web site or page">text to appear in the hyperlink</a> <a href=“www.gc.ca”>Canada</a>

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