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A method to establish and revise descriptive data sets over the Internet
Author(s) -
Hagedorn Gregor,
Rambold Gerhard
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1224347
Subject(s) - the internet , computer science , world wide web , license , information retrieval , database , operating system
Summary Hagedorn, G. & Rambold, G.: A method to establish and revise descriptive data sets over the internet. ‐ Taxon 49: 517–528. 2000. ‐ ISSN 0040‐0262. In science, the internet is used at present mostly as an electronic publishing tool. It is highly desirable to increasingly use it as a working and production tool for collaborative projects in taxonomy and biodiversity as well. The method described here requires neither programming nor web‐server expertise. Provided that the DELTA data standard is used, projects can be imported into the DeltaAccess database application. Using HTML data submission forms automatically generated from the database, projects can then be established and interactively revised over the internet. The forms permit adding new information as well as revising existing information. They are user‐platform independent and require only standard web browser functionality. This standard‐based approach avoids the repeated development of tools for using the internet as a working space. The DeltaAccess application is distributed over the internet under a General Public License.