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An overview on biodiversity information in databases.

Piramanayagam Shanmughavel¹

¹DBT Bioinformatics Facility, Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - 641046. shanvel_99@yahoo.com

|June 29, 2007

Summary

The World Wide Web (WWW) offers vast biodiversity data, but accessing it is challenging. Biodiversity informatics aims to organize this information, creating a global biodiversity system.

Area of Science:

Biodiversity Informatics
Information Science
Computational Biology

Background:

The rapid expansion of biodiversity information systems on the World Wide Web (WWW) presents significant opportunities.
However, challenges exist in locating and understanding the nature of these diverse data sources.

Observation:

Biologists and computer scientists are collaborating to address the fragmentation of biodiversity data.
The emerging field of biodiversity informatics is key to this integration effort.

Findings:

Biodiversity informatics is poised to significantly advance the organization and accessibility of biological data.
Databases preserving biodiversity data are crucial components of this developing field.

Implications:

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