Free deom of PANDORA database
RICHARD PANKHURST
R.Pankhurst at RBGE.ORG.UK
Wed Jan 17 15:24:06 CST 1996
A demonstration version of the PANDORA taxonomic database
is now available, free of charge. We will send you 3 HD disks
or transmit directly via email, if your email system can
receive about 3 megabytes. You can copy it freely.
PANDORA is a taxonomic database system for the preparation
of monographic or floristic accounts, and for biodiversity
projects generally. It has central data files for nomenclature
with synonymy, specimens (including types), people, collections,
literature, geographical distribution and multiple morphological
descriptions in DELTA format. Further files provide for images,
uses, vernacular names, and so on. The system can also be used
for cataloguing specimens in a collection and it has a flexible
label printing option, hence it can be either taxon-based,
specimen-based, or both. Data sets using international data
standards are available. On-screen help is always available and a
wide range of different reporting options is included. PANDORA
can function either on a desktop for an individual researcher or
for project groups on a multi-user network, and data can be
imported from and exported to other databases. Each PANDORA
installation can have multiple data sets. PANDORA is implemented
as an application of an advanced post-relational database system
for IBM-PC.
Richard Pankhurst & Martin Pullan
Royal Botanic Garden, EDINBURGH, EH3 5LR, U.K.
Email to RICHARD at RBGE.ORG.UK
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