WORM-WEB: Georeferencing Computerized Data and Linking Databases in the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology

寄生虫学曼特实验室的地理参考计算机化数据和连接数据库内布拉斯加州立博物馆曼特寄生虫学实验室(HWML)建议通过实施WormWeb，通过标准互联网协议增加用户对HWML藏品的直接访问。这项活动的两个主要目标包括：(1)使用关系数据库结构和第一级标准化将HWML数据库“寄生虫”中的每个寄生虫标本与地理位置数据相关联；(2)将HWML中的玻利维亚哺乳动物寄生虫集合数据输入“Parasite”--使用关系数据库结构和第一级标准化将寄生虫数据与哺乳动物来源数据联系起来。HWML是世界上最重要的系统寄生虫学中心之一。通过互联网连接的数据库使研究人员能够以前所未有的方式访问和分析数据，产生了重要的新结果，并对生物多样性的原因、物种形成速度以及一般进化和生态过程产生了新的见解。曼特寄生虫学实验室(HWML)的数据库将通过WormWeb连接到其他WWW资源。在WWW上提供HWML数据将使世界各地的研究人员能够获得有关寄生虫及其宿主的详细信息。建立这种基于互联网的资源对于生物多样性研究的持续增长至关重要。添加地理参考数据将极大地提高数据库的实用性。研究人员将能够快速有效地确定特定标本和寄生虫物种是在哪里收集的。可以研究物种丰富度或丰度随时间和空间的变化趋势。

WormWeb: Geo-referencing computerized data and linking databases in the Manter Laboratory of ParasitologyThe University of Nebraska State Museum Manter Laboratory of Parasitology (HWML) proposes to increase direct user access to the HWML collections via standard internet protocols by implementing WormWeb. The two primary goals for this activity include (1) Associating each parasite specimen in the HWML database "PARASITE" with geographic locality data using a relational database structure and first level normalization; (2) Entering the Bolivian Mammal Parasite Collection data in the HWML into "PARASITE" -- linking parasite data with the mammal source data using a relational database structure and first level normalization. The HWML is one of the most significant centers of Systematic Parasitology in the world. Databases connected via the internet enable researchers to access and analyze data in ways never before possible, producing important new results and insights into causes of biological diversity, rates of speciation, and general evolutionary and ecological processes. The database in the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology (HWML) will be connected to other WWW resources via WormWeb. Making HWML data available on the WWW will give researchers worldwide the ability to obtain detailed information on parasites and their hosts. The establishment of such internet-based resources is essential for the continued growth of biodiversity research. The addition of georeferenced data will vastly increase the usefulness of the database. Researchers will be able to quickly and efficiently determine where particular specimens and species of parasites were collected. Trends in species richness or abundance through time and space can be investigated.