SGER: A Prototype Database of Phylogenetic Studies

9318325 Donoghue近年来，系统发育研究的发表率急剧上升。系统发育树和这些树背后的数据的访问是各种各样的目的所需要的，包括形态和分子进化的比较研究，生物地理学，共同进化，以及不同证据来源的一致性研究。这些数据也需要监测系统发育研究的进展，测试新的分类分析方法，以及解决保护生物多样性的直接实际问题。该项目的目的是建立一个系统发育研究的原型数据库，使已出版的资料易于查阅，从而探讨发展一个国际综合数据库的可行性。原型的开发将涉及通过电子提交数据从文献和作者那里获得系统发育研究的替代策略的检查。与同事协商将有助于确定要纳入原型数据库的核心基本信息，包括字符数据矩阵、分类群基本信息、书目引文和系统发育树。将开发用于分类数据集的电子传输、数据输入、数据集的检索和操作以及将数据集导入和导出到系统发育和分析程序的软件。该数据库的设计将允许灵活地纳入其他信息，并将数据导出到未来在其他平台或软件环境上的实现。该原型将激发有关开发所有生物群体的综合系统发育数据库的社区讨论。

9318325 Donoghue The rate of publication of phylogenetic studies has increased dramatically in recent years. Access to phylogenetic trees, and to the data underlying those trees, is needed for a wide variety of purposes, including comparative studies of morphological and molecular evolution, biogeography, coevolution, and studies of the congruence of different sources of evidence. Such data are also needed to monitor progress in phylogenetic research, to test new methods of taxometric analysis, and to address immediate practical problems in conservation of biodiversity. The aim of the project is to establish a prototype database of phylogenetic studies designed to make published information readily accessible, and thereby to explore the feasibility of developing an internationally comprehensive database. Development of a prototype will involve examination of alternative strategies for obtaining phylogenetic studies from the literature and from authors via electronic submission of data. Consultation with colleagues will help delimit a core of essential information to be included in the prototype database, including data matrices on characters, basic information on taxa, bibliographic citations, and phylogenetic trees. %%% Software will be developed for electronic transfer of taxonomic data sets, for data entry, for retrieval and manipulation of data sets and for importing and exporting data sets to phylogenetic and analy tical programs. The database will be designed to allow flexibility to incorporate additional information and to export data to future implementations on other platforms or software environments. The prototype will stimulate community discussion on the development of a comprehensive phylogenetic database for all groups of organisms.