Development and operation of individual-based database system for biodiversity

我们构建了新的生物多样性数据库系统，该系统基于我们提出的以个人为登记单位的理念。系统中的注册单位是单个有机体，称为对象。为了登记一个物体及其特征信息，并给该物体一个唯一的数字代码以供以后识别，使用服务器计算机。在注册时，对象是未分类的，这意味着不会对物种或分类群做出主观决定，也不会假定自然分类方案。使用搜索关键字，搜索功能允许根据形态、系统发育、生态和遗传特征以及科学、分类和常见名称检索注册对象。一般而言，该系统不仅包括描述生物多样性所需的机器，而且还包括提取与生物多样性有关的信息的机器。为了测试数据库，我们为BAMLe蜜蜂注册了个人数据。

We constructed new database system for biodiversity This system is based on our proposed philosophy that the unit for registration should be individuals. The unit of registration in the system is an individual organism, called an object. To register an object, and information on its traits, and to give the object a unique numerical code for later identification, a server computer is used. At registration, the object is unclassified, meaning that no subjective decision is made as to species or taxa, and no natural classification scheme is assumed. Using search keys, a search function allows registered objects to be retrieved based on morphological, phylogenetic, ecological and genetic traits, as well as on scientific, taxonomic, and common names. In general, the system includes not only machinery necessary for describing biodiversity, but also for extracting information pertaining to it. For testing the database we registered individual data for bamle bees.