Maii'tsoh - The Biological Museum Information Management System
An overview of the program developed by NMBCC for collection management and data entry.

Version: 2.01
Added on: 20-Apr-2004
Filesize: 347 Kb
Filetype: PDF

Maii'tsoh V2.01 Schema Tables
This zip file includes the schemas for the 27 main tables of the Maii'tsoh Biological Musuem Information Management System. Each file is an XML schema documenting all files, layouts, relationships, scripts, and valuelists used in each table. An XSL is included.

Version: 2.01
Added on: 20-Apr-2004
Filesize: 754 Kb
Filetype: ZIP

Transport Schema from Maii'tsoh to Darwin Core V2 (NMBCC DwC2 V1.2)
The schema for data import into the NMBCC central server with notes on interoperability with Maii'tsoh.

Version: 1.2
Added on: 20-Nov-2007
Filesize: 34 Kb
Filetype: html

INRAM Biodiversity Georeferencing Protocol Document
This paper documents the INRAM Protocol for georeferencing musuem specimen collections. The previous versions represent our theoretical development of the protocol. This latest version incorporates changes based on our experience implementing the protocol.

Version: 1.3
Added on: 01-Mar-2004
Filesize: 319 Kb
Filetype: PDF

Definition of a Georeferenced Specimen
At the 2002 meeting of the Geospatial Data Subgroup of the Taxonomic Database Working Group in São Paulo, Brazil, INRAM Biodiversity Program Manager, Chris Frazier, was charged to define "the minimal attributes of an acceptably georeferenced specimen record." This is the statement to be tat was presented at the Spatial Data Subgroup at the 2004 TDWG meeting.

Version: 1.0
Added on: 25-Mar-2003
Filesize: 43 Kb
Filetype: RTF

Real Examples of Specimen Localities
These are just some examples of real specimen localities showing the kinds of issues that one has to deal with when georeferencing. How would you place a dot on the map for these? How would you determine the error radius extent? Could you build an automated system to georeference these?

Version: 1.0
Added on: 04-Apr-2004
Filesize: 16 Kb
Filetype: RTF

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