Using the Okavango Basin Information System (OBIS)
The Okavango Basin Information System (OBIS) is a web-based data management and dissemination platform that is being developed within the research project The Future Okavango (TFO) (see also http://www.future-okavango.org). This tutorial aims at giving OBIS users an overview of general features and describes how to use them in a step-by-step fashion.
Software requirements
In order to access and use OBIS, only a current web browser is needed. OBIS primarily tested using recent versions of the Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, and Google Chrome web browsers. As some of the OBIS user interfaces are best displayed on screens with resolutions of 1200x800 pixels and above, web browsers running on smartphones might not be suited.
Tutorial outline
This tutorial is divided into the following parts covering different components and functionalities:
- Getting started: login procedure and user interfaces
- User interface concepts
- Browsing data:
- Adding and modifying data
- User permission management