BIODIVERSITY databases
Computer
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Darwin Core metadata standard
Z39.50 search protocol to locate and return records, transforming them into XML; cooperative dev't effort among US institutions
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SPICE (Species2000 Interoperability Coordination Environment) for Species2000 (www.sp2000.org)
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ALICE software, for taxon interface with complete synonymy (as in printed taxonomic monographs)
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BioCISE Project (Biological Collections Information Service for Europe)
Plants
Other taxa
Other computer databases
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
(see Science 288:1575 [Malakff D, 2000])
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WORLDMAP, plots biodiversity distribution patterns, endemicity, etc.