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Farr, David |
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Submitted to: Mycological International Conference Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 6/24/2002 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: The Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory has been a pioneer in the use of computer databases to manage mycological information. We found that success depends on several factors: clear goals, efficient user interfaces for data entry and continuous management of personal resources. Once the big push to complete a computer database project is over, the organization is faced with the need to maintain the database. To be successful over the long term database projects need to form an important component of the organization's reference materials and collection's management tools. Now that many mycological databases are available on the web we need to begin to look at ways in which a single user interface can be used to retrieve and integrate information from various Web sites. One way that this could be done is to extract data from a remote database on an as needed basis. The term 'Web Services' is being applied to a standard set of procedures that are being developed to handle this type of interaction. These procedures can greatly simplify the exchange of information between remote databases and it is important that mycologists make use of these procedures to further enhance the utilization of the databases that we have developed. |
