ParasitePics: An Animal Parasitology Image Repository Prototype for Teaching and Learning.

MARTORELLI SABRINA; SANZ CECILIA; GIACOMANTONE JAVIER; MARTORELLI SERGIO R

Computer Science & Technology Series XVII Argentine Congress of Computer Science Selected Papers

UNLP_EDULP

Año: 2013; p. 103 - 112

This article presents the design of an animal parasitology image repository prototype (ParasitePics) that offers educators and researchers a space to share cases and experiences from ad-hoc material, so as to enrich the learning and development processes in this area. This development is part of a research process on discipline-specific microscopic image storage, search, and retrieval possibilities from relevant metadata. Thus, work has been a joint collaboration with experts and professionals, so as to define a metadata schema and then incorporate the proposed prototype. The schema is based on existing standards, but taking into account the specific aspects of the case. Field work is detailed, as well as the results obtained, and the first version of ParasitePics is presented. Finally, the conclusions and future lines of work are outlined.