TY - BOOK ID - 11251562 TI - Designs for a global plant species information system. AU - Bisby, F. A. AU - Pankhurst, R. J. AU - Russell, G.F. PY - 1993 SN - 0198577605 PB - Oxford Clarendon DB - UniCat KW - Botany KW - -Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Plants KW - 681.3*H4 KW - 582 KW - 57.06 KW - Flora KW - Plant kingdom KW - Plantae KW - Vascular plants KW - Vegetable kingdom KW - Vegetation KW - Wildlife KW - Organisms KW - Automatic data storage KW - Automatic information retrieval KW - Automation in documentation KW - Computer-based information systems KW - Data processing systems KW - Data storage and retrieval systems KW - Discovery systems, Information KW - Information discovery systems KW - Information processing systems KW - Information retrieval systems KW - Machine data storage and retrieval KW - Mechanized information storage and retrieval systems KW - Computer systems KW - Electronic information resources KW - Data libraries KW - Digital libraries KW - Information organization KW - Information retrieval KW - Botanical science KW - Phytobiology KW - Phytography KW - Phytology KW - Plant biology KW - Plant science KW - Biology KW - Natural history KW - Databases KW - Botany. KW - Classification KW - -Databases. KW - Nomenclature KW - Information systems applications (GIS etc.) KW - Systematic botany KW - Nomenclature and classification of organisms. Taxonomy KW - Conferences - Meetings KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems KW - Geographical Information Systems KW - computer science KW - taxonomic databases KW - Geographical Information Systems. KW - 57.06 Nomenclature and classification of organisms. Taxonomy KW - 582 Systematic botany KW - 681.3*H4 Information systems applications (GIS etc.) KW - Floristic botany KW - Data centers UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11251562 AB - Demand for the conservation of rapidly disappearing plants and ecological communities has provided botanists, systematists, and computer scientists with a unified goal--the production of a computer-based information checklist for all of the world's plants. Progress has been rapid in recent years. From a diverse array of disconnected systems and databases, there now exists a single, internationally supervised organization that is working to create an Internet accessible "common directory" of existing databases and a computer-based vascular plants action list. This book details the proceedings of that organization's symposium which examined the wide range of options open to the biodiversity community in creating a global plant species information system. Questions addressed include how an effective single taxonomic catalog and reference system can be conceived and implemented; what computer system, software, and data structures might enable both contributions from many sites and global access to the information; and how the needs of the biodiversity, conservation, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, biotechnology, and plant breeding communities can be met by using the plant catalog as a backbone for a variety of other databases of applied botanical data. This volume will be welcomed by all those in the fields of biodiversity and conservation who want to follow the details of this stimulating and important endeavor. ER -