Colectica: Sharing Data through Open Standards

Colectica is a standards-based platform for creating, documenting, managing, distributing, and discovering data. Colectica aims to create publishable documentation as a by-product of the data management process. This booth will provide live demonstrations of the various components of the Colectica platform. Colectica for Excel is a new, free add-in for Microsoft Excel that allows you to document spreadsheet data using the DDI-Lifecycle standard. Colectica Repository is a centralized storage system for managing data resources, enabling team-based data management, and providing automatic version control. Colectica Designer interacts with Colectica Repository to provide advanced data management and documentation functionality. Colectica Designer can import data and metadata from a variety of formats, and can generate documentation and source code in a variety of formats. Colectica Portal is a web-based application, powered by Colectica Repository, which enables data and metadata publication and discovery. Colectica Portal integrates with several social networking technologies to provide enhanced collaboration and discovery.nbsp