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Abstract：
More than tools for managing physical and digital objects, museum collection management systems (CMS) serve as platforms for structuring, integrating, and making accessible the rich data embodied by natural history collections. Here we describe Arctos, a scalable community solution for managing and publishing global biological, geological, and cultural collections data for research and education. Specific goals are to: (1) Describe the core features and implementation of Arctos for a broad audience with respect to the biodiversity informatics principles that enable high quality research; (2) Highlight the unique aspects of Arctos; (3) Illustrate Arctos as a model for supporting and enhancing the Digital Extended Specimen concept; and (4) Emphasize the role of the Arctos community for improving data discovery and enabling cross-disciplinary, integrative studies within a sustainable governance model. In addition to detailing Arctos as both a community of museum professionals and a collection database platform, we discuss how Arctos achieves its richly annotated data by creating a web of knowledge with deep connections between catalog records and derived or associated data. We also highlight the value of Arctos as an educational resource. Finally, we present the financial model of fiscal sponsorship by a nonprofit organization, implemented in 2022, to ensure the long-term success and sustainability of Arctos.
摘要：
不仅仅是管理物理和数字对象的工具，博物馆藏品管理系统(CMS)作为构建平台，集成,并使自然历史集合所体现的丰富数据可访问。在这里我们描述Arctos，一个可扩展的社区解决方案，用于管理和发布全球生物，地质,以及用于研究和教育的文化收藏数据。具体目标是：（1）在生物多样性信息学原理方面为广大受众描述Arctos的核心功能和实施，以实现高质量的研究；（2）突出Arctos的独特方面；（3）说明Arctos作为支持和增强数字扩展样本概念的模型；（4）强调Arctos社区在改善数据发现和实现跨学科方面的作用，可持续治理模式下的综合研究。除了详细说明Arctos作为博物馆专业人士社区和收藏数据库平台之外，我们讨论了Arctos如何通过创建一个在目录记录和派生或关联数据之间具有深度连接的知识网络来实现其丰富的注释数据。我们还强调了Arctos作为教育资源的价值。最后,我们提出了非营利组织财政赞助的财务模型，于2022年实施，以确保Arctos的长期成功和可持续性。
