Contribuição para sistema HCF-Web

Abstract

The Herbarium of the Federal Center (HCF) at the Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR), Campo Mourão Campus, is currently at a critical stage of its system implementation. As a result, previously unaddressed issues have emerged, along with new demands for system improvements. Initiated in 2018, HCF-Web was designed to be a multi-user web platform to optimize the management of these collections. Currently, with active use by herbarium staff at UTFPR Campo Mourão, the need has arisen to improve functionalities that exhibited inadequate behavior and to implement new features required for daily system operations. This work presents the process of evolution and corrective maintenance of the system, motivated by the operational demands emerging from regular use. The research details the implementation of new functionalities and the enhancement of existing resources, aiming to resolve improper behaviors and expand the system’s capabilities. The development scope included the creation of modules for image upload and barcode generation, hotfix applications and adjustments in the creation and editing of specimen records (Tombos), as well as an analysis to standardize author and species names in accordance with the Flora do Brasil database, along with the conception of an architectural refactoring analysis of the system.