Please note: The new tool DiversityNaviKey is now available.
DiversityNaviKey
DiversityNaviKey (DNK) is designed to replace NaviKey. DNK is set up for interactive identification of organisms following defined descriptors. It is suitable for the diagnosis of physical objects and any kind of digital object that is part of or related to biodiversity, geodiversity or environmental research (see
About).
Current versions of the PWA give access to six data sources, among them LIAS light and LIAS metabolites (see
here).
Start using the tool by opening
https://divnavikey.snsb.info
in a browser on any user device (desktop, tablet, smartphone). Select the appropriate data source (LIAS light, LIAS metabolites) and proceed as recommended.
NaviKey Home
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NaviKey – a Java applet and application for accessing descriptive data coded in DELTA format
The embedded NaviKey applet is actually working only with Mozilla Firefox versions up to
51.0.1.
and Mozilla Firefox ESR (32-bit) versions up to
52.9.0esr.
Other language versions might be accessed below the platform of the respective program version, e.g.,
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/win32/.
Be aware that use of legacy versions of browsers is recommended only for visiting reliable websites.
NaviKey is a tool for querying descriptive data and has been implemented as
- a Java applet providing the contents of
DELTA
files (see example with the
DELTA sample data
files)
- a stand-alone Java application for accessing DELTA files or PostgreSQL versions of
DiversityDescriptions
databases, respectively
- a module ("plug-in") of the Java-based Diversity Navigator database client for accessing DELTA files or PostgreSQL versions of DiversityDescriptions databases, respectively
For trying out NaviKey in service, visit the list of Web Projects.
NaviKey is reviewed by EDIT Biodiversity Service & Application Tracker.
The delevopment of NaviKey was initiated by Michael Bartley and Noel Cross
(Harvard University Herbarium, Boston, USA) and continued until 1999
(version 2.3). In the frame of
BIOTA Africa
its further
development was taken over by Dieter Neubacher and Gerhard Rambold
(University of Bayreuth, Germany). From 2007 on, additional support has
been provided by the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns,
IT Center.
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Release |
Features |
Versions 3.00–3.xx
(internal versioning, viz. no releases) |
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NaviKey to be alternatively used as local application (installation of JRE required).
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Update of GUI to Swing.
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Configuration options for selecting background and font colours (preliminarily) removed.
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Versions 4.00–4.03
(internal versioning, viz. no releases) |
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Implementation of various checkbox matching options (view restriction; exclude items; multiple selection of character states; interval validations).
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Alphabethical sorting of resulting items/taxa.
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Version 4.04
(released) |
- Support of DELTA flat files in Unicode format.
- Option to run NaviKey in parallel (with different DELTA data sets and the corresponding configuration files).
- Counter for total and resulting taxon/item numbers.
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| Version 4.05 |
- Improvements in option to run NaviKey in parallel.
- Improvement of query options.
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| Version 4.06 |
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| Version 4.07 |
- Display of units for numerical states.
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| Version 4.08 |
- Implementation of "Character dependency" option.
- Parameter selection and About text in separate tab sheets.
- Labelling of the panes.
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| Version 4.09 |
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| Version 4.10 |
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| Version 5.00 |
- Implementation of option for taxon images and information.
- NaviKey configuration file in XML (NaviKeyConfig.xml).
- Implementation of "Implicit values" directive.
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| Version 5.01 |
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| Version 5.04 |
- Multi-linguality and right-to-left (RTL) language support.
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- Enhancement of compatibility to JRE on Mac (OS X)
- Option for character and character state images and information.
- Options for sorting of characters and taxa.
- Option for "Best character" sorting.
- Option for font type and size adjustment.
- Natural language descriptions output.
- Support of SDD.
- "NaviKey mobile" for handhelds and smartphones.
- For further features to be implemented in NaviKey visit A Comparison of Interactive Identification Programs.
Please note that NaviKey specifications as given there, refer to version 2.2 dated from 1999.
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Release |
.zip |
.tar.gz |
Sources |
Date |
| NaviKey v. 2.30 |
download |
download |
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1999 |
| NaviKey v. 4.04 |
download |
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February 1, 2006 |
| NaviKey v. 4.05 |
download |
download |
+ |
March 30, 2006 |
| NaviKey v. 4.06 |
download |
download |
+ |
May 30, 2006 |
| NaviKey v. 4.07 |
download |
download |
+ |
July 26, 2006 |
| NaviKey v. 4.08 |
download |
download |
+ |
October 16, 2006 |
| NaviKey v. 4.09 |
download |
download |
+ |
March 1, 2007 |
| NaviKey v. 4.10 |
download |
download |
+ |
June 12, 2007 |
| NaviKey v. 5.00 |
download |
download |
+ |
May 15, 2008 |
| NaviKey v. 5.01 |
download |
download |
+ |
June 25, 2008 |
| NaviKey v. 5.04 |
download |
download |
+ |
October 10, 2011 |
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Release |
NaviKey.jar |
Sources |
Date |
| NaviKey v. 5.06 |
download |
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July 17, 2019 |
NaviKey can be used both remotely (as an applet on a web server) and locally (as
an application).
As an applet, NaviKey jar-file needs to be placed on a web server in a folder within
the wwwroot directory together with all other files in the root directory when the
zipfile is unzipped (e. g., a property or configuration file (NaviKey.props or NaviKeyConfig.xml)
and DELTA flat files (CHARS, ITEMS, SPECS)). For placing the DELTA data files in
a subordinal folder (e. g., "delta/", the path is to be specified in the property
or configuration file (e. g.: charsfile=delta/chars). One of the
NaviKey icons in the zip archive may be used with a back link to this NaviKey
home site.
For local usage of NaviKey as a stand-alone application under Windows 2000/XP, the
NaviKey jar-file needs to be placed in a folder together with a property or configuration
file (NaviKey.props or NaviKeyConfig.xml) and DELTA flat files (CHARS, ITEMS, SPECS),
an example of which is included in Data.zip. To
run NaviKey, the most recent version of
Java™ Runtime Environment
needs to be downloaded and installed first. Mac OS X users may load
Java for Mac OS X.
NaviKey is considered Open Source.
The source code is available since v. 2.3 and included in the archive files.
For announcing or requesting cooperation in the project, please contact navikey@bsm.mwn.de.
Neubacher, D., Rambold, G. 2005 onwards. NaviKey – a Java applet and application for accessing descriptive data coded in DELTA format:
http://www.navikey.net.
Starting with version 2.3, NaviKey has been programmed in the frame of the BIOTA Southern Africa Subproject S04, financed by the BMBF (Federal Ministery of Education and Research, Germany).
Valuable comments and suggestions by Mike Dallwitz (Canberra) are gratefully acknowledged.
