HCF-Web: desenvolvimento de novas funcionalidades e manutenção do sistema

Abstract

The Herbarium of the Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Campo Mourão Campus, also known as HCF (Federal Center Herbarium), requires an information system to assist in the control of specimens. The current system has limitations: it is monolithic, single-user, has security and data integrity issues, and depends on legacy technologies. In this context, we propose the transition to a new system, the HCF-Web, designed to be more efficient and secure, based on current technologies. The HCF-Web system was partially developed in previous projects but was not fully implemented and deployed. To make its effective use possible, the system requires continued development, including refactoring and improvements in its design and implementation. The objective of this work is to complete the implementation of the application, aiming to meet the herbarium’s needs. In the end, we will begin the process of deploying and migrating the current system to the new HCF-Web. The new system should meet the herbarium's needs, such as being a multi-user web system, updating existing functionalities, allowing more precise control, and providing greater visibility of the information made available by the system, eliminating the current gaps. The developed system consists of two distinct but interdependent projects, primarily using JavaScript technologies, the server (backend), and the user interface (frontend). The system is licensed under the GPLv3 open-source software license. The repositories are available on the social coding platform Github, and the project and its tasks can be accessed at the URL https://github.com/orgs/utfpr/projects/5. This work developed functionalities for the user interface (code available at: https://github.com/utfpr/hcf-painel), which is responsible for allowing data manipulation in the system, clearly facilitating the execution of routine tasks in the system. The technologies used were React, Ant Design, and Axios. The main tasks performed for the project's implementation include multiple fixes to problems on the system's registration and editing screens, improvements in the visualization of specimen data, including photos of the exsiccatae, development of filter selectors for information, updating the system's navigation components, updating the Darwin Core standard for data export to online repositories, updating the system's authentication and authorization controls, and finalizing the layout of the system's specimen sheet. The project was completed, and the system is in the testing and deployment phase for use at HCF. The main functionalities required by the client have been implemented, and the project continues to develop new functionalities, including navigation and display of data on maps and automated communication with external data providers.