Dear All,
in the following some URLs, concerning natural history discussion, that
might be of interest for the meeting in Monterey/Ca.
kind regards
Karl
Names, Taxa, and Information
http://research.calacademy.org/taf/proceedings/Berendsohn.html
Berendsohn, W. G. (1995): The concept of "potential taxa" in databases.
Taxon 44: 207-212. http://www.bgbm.org/biodivinf/docs/PotentialTaxa/
Complexity of collection information
see: Resource Identification for a Biological Collection Information
Service in Europe http://www.bgbm.org/biocise/Publications/Results/Default.htm
Berendsohn, W. G., Anagnostopoulos, A., Hagedorn, G., Jakupovic, J., Nimis,
P. L., Valdés, B., Güntsch, A., Pankhurst, R. J. & White, R. J. (1999): A
comprehensive reference model for biological collections and surveys. Taxon
48: 511-562. http://www.bgbm.org/biodivinf/docs/CollectionModel/
The Collections Informations System of the Musem of Vertebrate Zoology
(MVZ) in Berkeley/CA is well documented: Functional Requirements Analysis
(9/8/95), System Requirements (8/95), Conceptual Model (8/96), Conceptual
Model Figures (8/96), Logical Model (8/96) and an ERD Model are available
as PDF files. http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/mvz/cis/index.html
CODATA Working Group on Biological Collection Data Acces (A joint CODATA
and TDWG initiative)
http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/TDWG/CODATA/default.htm
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
http://www.bgbm.org/iapt/nomenclature/code/default.htm
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