U.S.-Argentina Cooperative Research: Internet Access for the Instituto Darwinion, San Isidro, Argentina

9503785 Magill这项美国-阿根廷合作科学计划奖已得到阿根廷的批准，用于资助P.I.R.Magill博士从密苏里州圣路易斯市的密苏里州植物园(MBG)到阿根廷的布宜诺斯艾利斯的旅费。Magill博士将监督MBG与阿根廷圣伊西德罗的达尔文研究所(ID)之间的互联网连接的安装，并对互联网、Telnet和TROPICOS操作人员进行培训。还包括支助购买建立连接所需的永久计算机设备、一些编程和计算机时间以及一条专用线路的一年维修费。ID承诺在运营第一年后支持这条专线。阿根廷维管植物名录是美国MBG和阿根廷ID合作研究的成果。其目标是编制阿根廷植物区系的最新计算机化清单，既作为出版的文件，也作为电子数据库。目录的大部分信息是在ID处获取的，使用的是MBG开发的软件TROPICOS的个人计算机版本。每六个月，数据被发送到MBG，并与TROPICOS数据库合并。这一过程既繁琐又昂贵，直接连接互联网将省去这一过程。因特网链接将使ID的项目人员能够直接访问因特网的所有资源，特别是TROPICOS数据库。同时，MBG和美国科学界将直接受益于阿根廷工厂的信息，这些信息将被添加到TROPICOS数据库和MBG的Gopher和万维网服务器中。阿根廷其他一些机构的科学家也可以使用这种联系，如Miguel Lillo研究所、Inti和Instituto de Botanica del Noroust，因此将证明与这些机构有联系。***

9503785 Magill This U.S.-Argentina Cooperative Science Program award, which has been approved by Argentina, supports travel expenses for the P.I., Dr. R. Magill, Missouri Botanical Gardens (MBG), St. Louis, Missouri to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr. Magill will supervise the installation of an INTERNET connection between MBG and the Instituto Darwinion (ID), San Isidro, Argentina, and train personnel on INTERNET, TELNET and TROPICOS operations. Support is also included for the purchase of permanent computer equipment, some programming and computer time, and one year maintenance of a dedicated line, required to establish the connection. The ID is committed to supporting the dedicated line after the first year of operations. The Catalogue of the Vascular plants of Argentina is a collaborative research effort between MBG in the U.S. and the ID in Argentina. Its objective is to produce an updated, computerized inventory of the flora of Argentina as both a published document and as an electronic database. Most of the information for the catalog is captured at the ID, utilizing a personal computer version of TROPICOS, the software developed by MBG. Every six month, the data is sent to MBG, and merged with the TROPICOS database. This process is cumbersome and expensive, and will be eliminated by the direct INTERNET connection. The INTERNET link will provide project personnel at the ID with direct access to all the resources of the INTERNET, and in particular to the TROPICOS database. At the same time, MBG and the U.S. scientific community will benefit directly from the information on Argentine plants that will be added to the TROPICOS database and to MBG's Gopher and World Wide Web servers. The connection will also be available to scientists from a number of other institutions in Argentina, such as the Instituto Miguel Lillo, INTI and Instituto de Botanica del Noroeste, and will thus prove a link to these institutions. ***