<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Techniques that allow to render diverse types of palaeontological data as publicly available internet resources are described. In order to develop an easily accessible digital palaeontological database, three steps should be followed: (1) digitization of the studied specimens, (2) acquisition of morphometric data, and (3) contribution of the data to open and searchable geoinformatic (palaeontological) databases. Digital data should be submitted to internet databases that allow a user to fetch various types of information from dispersed sources (semantic web services).</p></abstract>

Techniques that allow to render diverse types of palaeontological data as publicly available internet resources are described. In order to develop an easily accessible digital palaeontological database, three steps should be followed: (1) digitization of the studied specimens, (2) acquisition of morphometric data, and (3) contribution of the data to open and searchable geoinformatic (palaeontological) databases. Digital data should be submitted to internet databases that allow a user to fetch various types of information from dispersed sources (semantic web services).

Easily-accessible digital palaeontological databases-a new perspective for the storage of palaeontological information

Geological Institute, Adam Mickiewicz University, Maków Polnych 16, PL-61-606 Poznań, Poland

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Techniques that allow to render diverse types of palaeontological data as publicly available internet resources are described. In order to develop an easily...

Easily-accessible digital palaeontological databases-a new perspective for the storage of palaeontological information

Published Online: Dec 24, 2009

Page range: 181 - 188

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10118-009-0002-1

Keywords
digitization, morphometrics, palaeoinformatics, palaeontological collections, palaeontological databases, semantic web

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Easily-accessible digital palaeontological databases-a new perspective for the storage of palaeontological information

Published Online: Dec 24, 2009

Page range: 181 - 188

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10118-009-0002-1

Keywordsdigitization, morphometrics, palaeoinformatics, palaeontological collections, palaeontological databases, semantic web

This content is open access.

Keywords
digitization, morphometrics, palaeoinformatics, palaeontological collections, palaeontological databases, semantic web