Naslov
CROFlora, a Database Application to Handle Croatian Vascular Flora

Autori
Nikolić, Toni ; Fertalj, Krešimir ; Helman, Tomo ; Mornar, Vedran ; Kalpić, Damir

Izvornik
Acta Botanica Croatica (0365-0588) 60 (2001), 1; 31-48

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
taxonomy; vascular flora; distribution; database application; geographical data; Croatia

Sažetak
CROFlora is a multi-user database application for species-oriented and specimen-oriented systematic and taxonomic work on Croatian flora. It is designed for dealing with all kinds of data that are commonly used in systematic botany and floristic work. CROFlora comprises several main modules: (1) taxonomy, (2) herbarium, (3) literature, (4) horology and (5) related data, such as ecology and multimedia. CROFlora was built over a relational database. The database relies on the normalised data model, which is presented in the paper. Amongst other features, the client application provides the user with extended query by example (QBE) capabilities and with user-customised reports. The reports include taxon sheets, taxa checklists, herbarium labels, bibliography labels and other complex reports. The database can be connected to a geographical information system (GIS), which empowers easy production of distribution maps and other spatial analysis.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Računarstvo

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