1st Edition
Biodiversity Databases Techniques, Politics, and Applications
210 Pages
by
CRC Press
210 Pages
by
CRC Press
Computing and database management has shifted from cottage industry-style methods — the small independent researcher keeping records for a particular project — to state-of-the-art file storage systems, presentation, and distribution over the Internet. New and emerging techniques for recognition, compilation, and data management have made managing data a discipline in its own right. Covering all... Read more
Introduction and Background. The GBIF Position. Collections, Access and Meta-Data. Connecting Databases – the ‘Biodiversity World’ Project. Tropicos and Flora North America. Collection Database Architectures and Internet Services for Collections Databases. Biodiversity Information on the GRID. Biodiversity of Plant Pathogenic Fungi – LIAS Project. ENBI. Biodiversity Databases of Fossil Organisms Based on XML. Java/CORBA Common Access System for Species 2000. Set in Stone: On-line Publishing of Original Data. ERIN and Industrializing Information.
Biography
Gordon B. Curry, Chris J. Humphries
