Development and Support for MUSE and the MUSE User Community

[408389] Humphries缪斯项目是一项支持自然历史博物馆收藏资源计算机化和管理的长期努力。在过去的六年里，MUSE项目设计、编码和分发软件，用于管理世界各地70多个独立的生物收集材料（表1）。所提供的服务范围包括用户培训、关于博物馆电脑化、网络资源、数据模型和数据标准的讲习班、参与促进生物收集资料交换的国际努力、通讯制作和维护网络资源（例如Gopher、万维网和FTP服务器和MUSE清单服务）。MUSE项目下一阶段的目标包括五个主要目标：(1)继续支持现有MUSE用户，并协助新站点采用MUSE。MUSE项目最大的单一活动是对现有站点的支持。(2) MUSE软件套件的改进，包括改进了对系统系统学收藏协会数据模型功能的支持，增加了地理权威文件验证，新形式的用户安全，新的数据记录功能（允许永久跟踪所有数据更改），提高了用户自己更改MUSE数据字典的便利性，将研究数据与标本记录关联起来的方法，并改进了对国际用户的支持。(3)为新的分类学学科开发MUSE，并改进现有支持学科的MUSE功能。MUSE已被修改以处理所有脊椎动物类群，目前正在为植物标本馆进行修改。我们希望继续增加对无脊椎动物收藏的支持，以及更多种类的植物标本馆。(4)开发MUSE数据库的直接网络访问方法。数据目前从MUSE数据库导出，以提供互联网接入。我们将开发直接访问位于网络上的PC服务器的工具。(5)继续将MUSE环境移植到Windows。MUSE程序本身的Windows版本已接近完成，但所有额外的软件和访问费用都需要移植到Windows上。

9408389 Humphries The MUSE Project is a long term effort to support the computerization and management of natural history museum collection resources. For the past six years the MUSE Project has designed, coded, and distributed software for the management of biological collection materials to over 70 individual collections around the world (Table 1). The range of services provided includes user training, workshops on museum computerization, network resources, and data models and data standards, participation in international efforts to facilitate the exchange of biological collection information, newsletter production, and maintenance of network resources (e.g., Gopher, World-Wide-Web and FTP servers and a MUSE list serve). The goals of the next phase of the MUSE Project include five primary objectives: (1) Continuation of support for existing MUSE users as well as assisting new sites with the adoption of MUSE. The largest single activity of the MUSE Project is support for existing sites. (2) Improvements to the MUSE suite of software including improved support for features of the Association of Systematics Collections data model, addition of geographic authority file verification, new forms of user security, new data logging features (allowing the permanent tracking of all data changes), improving the ease with which users can themselves make changes in MUSE data dictionaries, means for associating research data with specimen records, and improved support for international users. (3) Development of MUSE for new taxonomic disciplines and improving features of MUSE for currently supported disciplines. MUSE has been modified to deal with all vertebrate groups and is currently being modified for herbaria. We would like to continue adding support for invertebrate collections as well as more diverse types of herbaria. (4) Development of direct network access methods for MUSE databases. Data are currently exported from MUSE databases to provide Internet access. We will develop tools for direct access to PC servers located on the net. (5) Continued porting of the MUSE environment to Windows. The Windows version of the MUSE program itself is nearing completion, but all of the additional software and access tolls need to be ported to Windows.