Collaborative Research: NEODAT II: An Inter-Institutional Database of Fish Biodiversity in the Neotropics

9632673 Schaefer最初的NEODAT数据库项目是第一个大规模的努力，以建立一个集中的多机构收集目录在鱼类学。这一努力旨在改善计算机化收集资源的基础设施，并为获取这些资源提供便利，特别侧重于新热带鱼类。在这一更新建议中有两个主要重点。第一个目标是继续推进近地天体数据库项目，积累和分发基于目录的标本数据以及相关文献和物种描述。第二个重点是为新热带鱼类学建立一个基于网络的基础设施，纳入自最初赠款获得资助以来在互联网接入方法方面取得的技术进步。目前，NEODAT系统中有来自74 000多个地点的近300 000份目录记录。该系统每月收到大约800次搜索。现在已有更多的记录，一旦输入数据库，将有450 000多个目录记录。因特网服务的技术进步使数据库的使用者能够得到更方便用户的服务。因此，作为第二个目标的一部分，将对软件和硬件进行修改，以提高数据库的效用。NEODAT是一项重要的国际多机构合作努力。这项工作的所有成果都通过因特网提供给国际科学界和非专业界。此外，该项目尤其可以作为其他大规模数据库开发工作的典范。

9632673 Schaefer The original NEODAT data base project was the first large-scale effort to build a centralized multi-institutional collection catalogue in ichthyology. This effort was aimed at improving the infrastructure for, and facilitating access to, computerized collections resources with a specific focus on Neotropical fishes. There are two primary emphases in this renewal proposal. The first is to continue the progress of the NEODAT project in accumulating and distributing catalogue-based specimen data, and associated literature and species descriptions. The second emphasis is to create a network-based infrastructure for Neotropical ichthyology, incorporating technological advances made in Internet access methods since the original grant was funded. Currently, there are nearly 300,000 catalogue records from over 74,000 localities in the NEODAT system. The system receives approximately 800 searches per month. Additional records are now available, and when entered the database will have over 450,000 catalogue records. The technological advances in Internet services allow for greater user-friendly service to those using the database. Thus, as part of the second goal, software and hardware modifications will be implemented to improve the utility of the database. NEODAT is an important international, multi-institutional cooperative effort. All products of this effort are made available to the international scientific and lay communities through the Internet. In addition, this project, in particular, can serve as a model for other large-scale database development efforts.