Flora brasiliensis online basic activities

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Flora brasiliensis on-line basic activities

• Scanning
• Define/develop a system to treat images
• High resolution ? medium and low resolution
• Image storing and retrieval
• Definition of the information descriptors
  (metadata)
• Preserve historical information
• Add current scientific knowledge
• Design and development of the database
• Data input and retrieval
• Update names and localities

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Basic concepts

• Use of open source software (when possible)
• All information freely available on the internet
• Integration with other initiatives
• Standards and protocols
• Data/information sharing
• Collaboration and Partnerships
• Software development
• Data/information integration(name and locality
  servers, herbaria, etc.)

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Flora brasiliensis on-line

• Integrated with other information systems
• (base work for Flora brasiliensis 2)
• In Brazil
• State and regional checklists
• Biota/Fapesp and other biotas
• Herbaria (speciesLink)
• Throughout the world
• Catalogue of Life
• Herbaria
• Tools (modeling, name and locality servers, ...)

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System to be developed in Brazil

• Tools/Developments
• Predictive Modeling
• Interoperability protocols
• name locality servers
• identification keys
• field guides
• ....

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http//sinbiota.cria.org.br
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Database
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Search for Andira humilis
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• Tools
• Virtual Catalog
• Modeling
• ....

Data Gateway
Internet 2
Species Analyst
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Cache Node
SinBiota
SICol
Internet
P1
Pn
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CRB
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Modeling expected distribution for two species
of Anadenanthera
Slide Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira
(marinez_at_cria.org.br)
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Integrated with initiatives worldwide

• Catalogue of Life
• Virtual Herbaria
• Flora of the World
• Species Analyst
• ....

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Thank you
Dora Ann Lange Canhos dora_at_cria.org.br