Biodiversity informatics, Biota/FAPESP and the future a personal view

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Biodiversity informatics, Biota/FAPESP and the future a personal view

Arthur D. Chapman

5 Sargeant Place, Wanniassa, ACT 2903, Australia, [e-mail], [e-mail], http://www.erin.gov.au

ABSTRACT

This paper explores the development of the FAPESP/Biota project from the view of an external adviser. It explores the implementation of advice received and the development of the project through the first three years, and provides some views on future directions for the project.

Keywords: BIOTA/FAPESP Scientific Advisory Committee, Biodiversity Virtual Institute, State of São Paulo, SinBiota, SinBiota, databases, biodiversity, Metadata and data management, data modeling, relationship to international organizations

RESUMO

Este artigo analisa o Desenvolvimento do Programa BIOTA/FAPESP do ponto de vista de um membro do Comitê Internacional de Avaliação (Scientific Advisory Committee). Discute a implementação das sugestões propostas no decorrer do processo anual de avaliação e o desenvolvimento do Programa nos últimos três anos, oferecendo algumas opiniões a respeito dos rumos que o Programa deverá seguir nos próximos anos. Este artigo analisa o Internacional de Avaliação decorrer do processo anual de opiniões a respeito dos rumos

Palavras Chave: Comitê Internacional de Avaliação (Scientific Advisory Committee) do BIOTA/FAPESP, Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade, Estado de São Paulo, SinBiota, bancos de dados, gerenciamento de dados e metadados, modelagem, relação com organizações internacionais

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I wish to thank the director of FAPESP, Professor José Fernandez Perez and his staff, especially Carmen Weingrill, firstly for inviting me to be a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the BIOTA/FAPESP Program, but also for making me most welcome on my several visits to the State of São Paulo. Professor Carlos A. Joly, Dr Vanderlei Perez Canhos and Dr Dora Ann Lange Canhos have been most supportive of me at all times, not only during meetings of the BIOTA/FAPESP Program, but at many other times and in many places around the World. I regard them as true and trusted friends. The other members of the Coordenação Biota and all the Coordinators of BIOTA/FAPESP projects have made my visits to São Paulo most memorable and enjoyable, enough now for me to regard the State as a home away from home. Lastly, I thank Karl Bossard and Jeff Tranter of the Environmental Resources Information Network in Canberra for their comments on the manuscript.

LITERATURE

Received: September 05, 2001

Accepted: September 05, 2001

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  11 June 2013
• Date of issue
  2001

History

• Accepted
  05 Sept 2001
• Received
  05 Sept 2001