SGER: Internet Gophers as Biodiversity Data Servers

这种支持将使安装和实施一个 将分布式系统原型化到网络并提供虚拟访问 生物多样性数据库与6个鱼类采集相关： 哈佛比较动物学博物馆、加州科学院 科学，自然科学院（费城），大学 密歇根动物学博物馆，亚拉巴马大学和田野 自然历史博物馆（芝加哥）。 该系统将利用 通过客户端-服务器架构运行的Gopher软件技术 通过互联网 在每个机构，获奖者将（a） 在以太网上安装Sun工作站，并使用Sun 操作系统和Gopher服务器软件;（B）将 数据库文本文件（使用自定义UNIX和Perl脚本）， （c）培训当地工作人员使用UNIX系统和Gopher 软件管理，并通过Internet提供系统管理 一年的 通过Gopher访问数据库文件将是 只读，出于安全原因，每个机构将选择 数据库的可访问内容。 这个原型项目 将向全国收藏界展示 共享生物多样性数据的安全性和可负担性 博物馆和植物标本馆的藏品以及相关的权威机构 文件.这种示范的必要性和潜在影响 美国政府主办的国际 2004年生物多样性清单、调查和数据管理讲习班 1993年1月 Gopher已经成为事实上的标准 网络研究和学术计算，因为它是 独立于平台，在TCP/IP网络上运行， 用于创建全文索引的公共领域WAIS软件，以及 使用简单、强大的客户端-服务器架构。 是 机会主义和成本效益，现在结婚， 信息管理技术的需求在博物馆和植物标本馆。 成功的馆藏数据库联网可以实现巨大的 收集数据的规模经济， 在不同的机构，在使用权威文件， 标准化数据字典，并在提供生物多样性数据 用于研究、保护和教育工作。 %%% 这种支持将使安装和实施一个 建立网络并提供获取生物多样性机会的原型系统 数据库与哈佛博物馆的6种鱼类收藏有关， 比较动物学，加州科学院， 自然科学（费城），密歇根大学博物馆 动物学，亚拉巴马大学和菲尔德自然博物馆 历史（芝加哥）。 对数据库文件的访问将是只读的， 出于安全原因，每个机构将选择 数据库的可访问内容。 该原型项目将 向全国收藏界展示， 共享生物多样性数据的安全性和可负担性 博物馆和植物标本馆的藏品以及相关的权威机构 文件.这种示范的必要性和潜在影响 美国政府主办的国际 2004年生物多样性清单、调查和数据管理讲习班 1993年1月 现在， 利用现有技术满足信息管理需求， 博物馆和植物标本馆。 成功联网收集 数据库将实现巨大的规模经济， 在不同机构收集同一学科的数据， 使用权威文件来标准化数据字典， 提供生物多样性数据集，用于研究、保护和 教育的努力。

This support will enable installation and implementation of a prototype distributed system to network and provide virtual access to biodiversity databases associated with 6 fish collections: Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, the California Academy of Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia), University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, University of Alabama, and the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago). The system will utilize Gopher software technology running via a client-server architecture over the Internet. At each institution the awardee will (a) install a Sun workstation on Ethernet and configure it with the Sun operating system and Gopher server software; (b) reformat the database text file (using custom UNIX and Perl scripts) for the Gopher server; (c) train local staff in UNIX system and Gopher software management and provide system management over the Internet for one year. Access to the database files over Gopher will be read only, for security reasons, and each institution will choose the accessible content of the database. This prototype project will demonstrate to the national collections community the ease, security and affordability of sharing biodiversity data bound up in museum and herbarium collections as well as associated authority files. The need for and potential impact of such a demonstration project was stressed at the US Government-sponsored International Workshop on Biodiversity Inventory, Survey and Data Management in January, 1993. Gopher has become the de facto standard for networked research and academic computing worldwide because it is platform independent, operates on TCP/IP networks, incorporates public domain WAIS software for creating full text indices, and uses simple, powerful client-server architecture. It is opportunistic and cost-effective now to marry this current technology to information management needs in museums and herbaria. Successful networking of collection databases can achieve great economies of scale in capturing collection data in the same discipline at different institutions, in using authority files to standardize the data dictionary, and in providing biodiversity data sets for research, conservation and educational endeavors. %%% This support will enable installation and implementation of a prototype system to network and provide access to biodiversity databases associated with 6 fish collections at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, the California Academy of Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia), University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, University of Alabama, and the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago). Access to the database files will be read only, for security reasons, and each institution will choose the accessible content of the database. This prototype project will demonstrate to the national collections community the ease, security and affordability of sharing biodiversity data bound up in museum and herbarium collections as well as associated authority files. The need for and potential impact of such a demonstration project was stressed at the US Government-sponsored International Workshop on Biodiversity Inventory, Survey and Data Management in January, 1993. It is opportunistic and cost-effective now to utilize current technology for information management needs in museums and herbaria. Successful networking of collection databases will achieve great economies of scale in capturing collection data in the same discipline at different institutions, in using authority files to standardize the data dictionary, and in providing biodiversity data sets for research, conservation and educational endeavors.