Evaluation

• Specify 6 Model for Institution Organization
• Specify 6 Collection Database Architecture, Organizational Model, and User Account Access to Multiple Collections
• Specify 6 Hardware/Software Requirements (PDF)
• Collection Management Software Criteria Checklist (Canadian Heritage Information Network, CHIN)
• Specify Software & Hardware Compatibility Spreadsheet (2-2-2022) (PDF)

Hardware Setup

• Replacing Oracle (Java) JRE with Amazon Corretto on Specify 6 computers
• MySQL Options for Institutions
• Setting Up Specify to Use a Networked MySQL Server
• Setting Up Specify to use a Shared Workstation as a Database Server
• Changing the default MySQL engine to InnoDB

Installation Using MariaDB (Recommended)

• Installing MariaDB and Specify 6 on Windows 8 or newer
• Installing MariaDB and Specify 6 on macOS 11 or newer
• Installing MariaDB and Specify 6 on Debian-based Linux

Installation Using MySQL 5.7

• Replacing Oracle (Java) JRE with Amazon Corretto on Specify 6 computers
• Installing MySQL and Specify 6 on Mac OS X (Older Macs)
• Installing MySQL on Windows for Specify

Specify Setup

• Specify Setup Wizard Documentation
• Installing Specify in Portuguese (PDF)
• Gallery of Printed Label and Report Formats (PDF)

Importing Data

• Guidelines for Cleaning Specify 5 data before conversion into Specify 6
• Importing External Data into Specify 6