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HYPERTAXONOMY—A NEW COMPUTER TOOL FOR REVISIONAL WORK
Author(s) -
Skov F.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1222633
Subject(s) - hypercard , computer science , taxonomy (biology) , information retrieval , herbarium , world wide web , biology , ecology
Summary A HyperCard ™ application for Macintosh ™ computers is used to manage data for herbarium taxonomy. All information necessary for taxonomic revisions, including text, figures, maps, and drawings, is stored in one program package. Screen forms are designed to simulate card indices as they are commonly used by taxonomists. Output includes taxonomic reports with complete nomenclature, and literature and specimen citations. Computer generated descriptions can be added to the reports. A multi‐access key allows the user to identify collections and check descriptions. Distribution maps and simple character analysis can be printed. Dictionaries containing abbreviations of periodicals and author names are included for “on‐line” help.