Category Topics

Announcements & News

Learn about new Specify updates, release announcements, collaboration news, and other news from the Specify Collections Consortium.
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Get Help

This is the place for raising and discussing any specific issue, including workflows, tasks, data wrangling, software issues, and getting things done.
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Documentation

This category includes all of the documentation for the Specify 7 application.
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New Feature Requests

This is the spot for suggesting and championing new capabilities for Specify platforms.
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Give Development Feedback

Seeking feedback on the design of future Specify releases.
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Discipline Hangouts

Share recommendations, advice, projects, workflows, data, and issues by discipline.
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SCC Governance

This category will include information related to governance and activities of the SCC Board and Advisory Committees.
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Policies

The Policies category brings together the core guidelines and procedures that shape SCC’s operational, technical, and security practices. It includes documentation on data protection, encryption, disaster recovery, incident response, accessibility and compliance, secure coding, privacy, patch management, and the SCC Systems Development Life Cycle. These resources outline the standards the Consortium follows to maintain secure, accessible, and reliable services for all member institutions.
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Specify Open Source Ecosystem

Promoting Specify Open Source Collaborations
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Collections Community News

News from SCC Members–events, jobs, projects.
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Welcome Specify Members

SCC members are invited to ignite Specify-related discussions using the Specify Community Forum.
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Specify 6 Documentation

Documentation for the Specify 6 application.
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Specify Network

Ideas and perspectives on extended specimen data linking and integrations of collection management system collections within the broader data community.
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About the SCC

The About the SCC category includes foundational materials that describe the Consortium’s purpose, values, and guiding principles. These documents outline the vision, mission, and core commitments that shape SCC’s community‑driven model and long‑term approach to supporting collaborative collections infrastructure.
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