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Investigating a federated architecture for creating a catalogue of life

Reference	BIO10488
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Frank Bisby
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor P Henderson, Professor Sir Ghillean Prance
Institution	University of Reading
Department	Plant Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	73,099
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/04/1999
End date	01/10/2001
Duration	30 months

Abstract

An approach to creating a catalogue of life has been defined in the Species 2000 Programme and widely endorsed in the community. It makes use of autonomous Global Species Databases (GSDs) created and maintained by appropriate experts. These provide the central array in a federated architecture. However research is needed to overcome a number of problems if it is to function effectively. This project investigates how the uniform authority and wide taxonomic coverage can be obtained through accurate mapping of quality GSDs from many organisations. It investigates how the federated system can be designed to overcome the inherent problems of extreme heterogeneity, scalability and stability. The experimental system will subsequently be made available through the Species 2000 programme. (Joint with grant BIO10482).

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Bioinformatics (Phase 2) (BIO) [1998-2000]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

Associated awards:

BIO10482 Investigating a federated architecture for creating a catalogue of life

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