Wood Identification Collection Enhancement and Web Access

木材识别收集增强和 Web 访问

• 批准号: 0237368
• 负责人: Elisabeth Wheeler
• 金额: $ 22.49万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0237368&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Wood; Identification; Collection; Enhancement; Web

Wood Identification Collection Enhancement and Web Access ProjectNorth Carolina State UniversityThrough a grant awarded to North Carolina State University, Dr. Elisabeth A. Wheeler, Dr. Kathleen R. Brown, and Ms. Deborah Westmoreland will direct a project to create InsideWood, an extensive, Internet-accessible wood anatomy reference, research, and teaching tool. InsideWood will build on existing databases, specimen collections, and photographic images, beginning with those at NCSU. The wood collection databases for fossil (more than 1,500 records) and present-day woods (5,200 records, representing more than 200 families, 2,500 genera, and 10,000 species) have been used for over 16 years. Unfortunately, these collections are not available via the Internet, and the current software is near obsolete and does not use the complete set of descriptors recommended by a committee of the International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA). This project will develop a Web site with non-exclusive, open architecture allowing for long-term use of wood databases with IAWA terminology. The addition of high-resolution images will increase the value of the site and enhance its functionality for wood identification, information retrieval, and instruction. As part of the InsideWood project, the organization of the NCSU wood collection (samples, slides, photographs, and databases) will be strengthened, and the continued availability of its contents for research and teaching will be insured at an archival level. This project will demonstrate the importance of wood collections to a broad audience, with information from the collections' samples and slides incorporated into the InsideWood Web site.InsideWood will integrate the wood anatomy databases at NCSU and the wood uses database of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. (Dr. Peter Gasson, collaborator). The databases will be merged and restructured to use the same controlled vocabulary recommended by the International Association of Wood Anatomists. A database structure that allows for continual addition of new data, both text and images, will be designed and implemented, taking advantage of best practices in information science and digital libraries. A public Web interface, including multiple search and display options, will be developed and tested. Recent additions to the NCSU wood collections will be organized and examined to expand the database content. The database will also include a collaborator interface allowing wood anatomists and other subject specialists throughout the world to contribute new data and images to the project and will provide broad accessibility to data and images that might otherwise be lost to the scientific community.Wood is an important renewable resource and has long had many uses. A publicly accessible wood identification tool, with many images for comparison of unknown woods to woods from research collections, will be useful in many contexts. Wood identification is of practical value to professionals in forensic science and customs law enforcement, and to antique dealers, museum conservators, and those who restore wooden buildings. Identification of ancient woods provides data useful for interpreting climate and vegetation changes through time and the interactions of early humans with their environment. Wood anatomy affects wood's material properties and tree physiology, so wood provides many examples of the relationships between form and function. Images in the database will illustrate variability in wood structure that is functionally significant. InsideWood will provide instructional material on wood anatomy useful for educators and students at the high school and university levels and for professionals such as extension agents and park personnel. This resource will enhance the study of plant relationships, ancient environments, and forest biology and ecology.

北卡罗莱纳州立大学通过向北卡罗莱纳州立大学授予的一笔赠款，伊丽莎白·a·惠勒博士、凯瑟琳·r·布朗博士和德博拉·威斯特摩兰女士将指导一个项目，创建一个广泛的、可上网的木材解剖参考、研究和教学工具。InsideWood将以现有的数据库、标本收集和摄影图像为基础，从NCSU开始。化石木材（超过1500条记录）和现代木材（5200条记录，代表200多个科，2500个属，10000个物种）的木材收集数据库已经使用了16年以上。不幸的是，这些集合不能通过互联网获得，并且当前的软件几乎过时，并且不使用国际木材解剖学家协会（IAWA）委员会推荐的完整的描述符集。该项目将开发一个具有非排他性开放架构的网站，允许长期使用IAWA术语的木材数据库。高分辨率图像的添加将增加该遗址的价值，并增强其木材识别、信息检索和指导的功能。作为“木材内部”项目的一部分，将加强NCSU木材收集（样品、幻灯片、照片和数据库）的组织，并将确保其内容在档案一级继续供研究和教学使用。该项目将向广大受众展示木材收藏的重要性，并将收集的样品和幻灯片信息纳入InsideWood网站。InsideWood将整合NCSU的木材解剖数据库和英国皇家植物园的木材使用数据库（Peter Gasson博士，合作者）。这些数据库将被合并和重组，以使用国际木材解剖学家协会推荐的相同的受控词汇。将利用信息科学和数字图书馆的最佳实践，设计和实施一种数据库结构，允许不断增加新的数据，包括文本和图像。将开发和测试一个公共Web界面，其中包括多个搜索和显示选项。将组织和审查最近增加的NCSU木材收藏，以扩大数据库的内容。该数据库还将包括一个合作者界面，允许世界各地的木材解剖学家和其他学科专家为该项目提供新的数据和图像，并将提供对数据和图像的广泛访问，否则这些数据和图像可能会丢失给科学界。木材是一种重要的可再生资源，长期以来有许多用途。一个可公开获取的木材识别工具，带有许多图像，用于将未知木材与研究收集的木材进行比较，将在许多情况下有用。木材鉴定对法医学专业人员、海关执法人员、古董商、博物馆管理员和修复木制建筑的人员具有实用价值。古代森林的鉴定为解释气候和植被随时间的变化以及早期人类与环境的相互作用提供了有用的数据。木材的解剖结构影响木材的材料特性和树木的生理机能，因此木材提供了许多形式与功能之间关系的例子。数据库中的图像将说明木结构在功能上具有重要意义的可变性。InsideWood将为高中和大学的教育工作者和学生以及推广人员和公园工作人员等专业人员提供木材解剖学的教学材料。该资源将加强对植物关系、古代环境、森林生物学和生态学的研究。