Introduction to "ARPHA Writing Tool"

ARPHA Writing Tool 2.0 (AWT 2.0) is an XML-based, WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) authoring tool, which allows co-authors and collaborators to work conveniently together on manuscripts before submission to a journal. To ensure interoperability and prompt re-use of data after publication, the tool relies on semantic enhancements and PIDs, vocabularies, and ontologies.

To cater to the specifics of biodiversity publications, AWT 2.0 supports various domain-specific workflows, including data import and export, as well as bi-directional links with leading aggregators, e.g. GBIF, BOLD, INSDC, Catalogue of Life, ChecklistBank, TreatmentBank, BHL, Biodiversity Literature Repository, BiodiversityPMC (SiBILS) and others.