[NHCOLL-L:125] BioLink

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BioLink, The Biodiversity Information Management System, is now available
for testing and evaluation.

look on www.coleoptera.org directory <software house>

The Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, is pleased to
announce that BioLink, the Biodiversity Information Management System, is
now available for evaluation by the taxonomic, museum and biodiversity
communities.  This release, Ver. 1.0 (Beta 1), is the first general release
of BioLink.

More Information About BioLink
For details concerning BioLink, including a complete online version of the
User's Manual, Instructions for downloading a copy of BioLink and the
BioLink release schedule are also available from this site.  You can also
contact us directly with any questions and comments at
biolink at ento.csiro.au.

About BioLink
BioLink manages both taxon- and specimen-based information.  The current
release provides management tools for taxon names ranging from kingdom to
subspecies as well as material based on both museum specimens and field
observations.  Easy to use data entry forms and predefined reports are
provided to allow rapid collection and reporting of the highest possible
data quality.

BioLink provides a range of tools to assist in data collection and
analysis.  An online electronic gazetteer assists in the geocoding of
sites, including sites described by a distance and direction from a named
place (for example 19km SE of Canberra).  A mapping tool is also included
which can plot distributions of taxa, at any rank, directly from the
taxonomic checklist.  These maps are fully customisable, can be at any
scale or level of detail, and can include any number of taxa (each with its
own symbol).  These maps can be printed directly from BioLink, saved to
disk or transferred to a GIS package such as ArcView.

Release Schedule, Prerequisites and Costs
This release of BioLink is provided free of charge.  This free distribution
will allow evaluation of BioLink's rich and diverse features and permit
potential users to assess BioLink's usefulness in fulfilling their
information management requirements.  Prerequisites for installing BioLink
include a Pentium-based PC running Windows 95/98/NT4, 60 megs of disk space
and a Microsoft SQLServer Ver. 7.0 license..  BioLink is designed to run
equally well on single PCs, institutional networks and the Internet.

Keep care and be of good cheer.

Regards

(name) Vratislav Richard Eugene Maria John Baptiste
(surname) of Bejsak (Bayshark)-Collorado-Mansfeld

http://www.coleoptera.org
Coleoptera - Australia, Tenebrionidae of World
(incl. Lagriinae, Alleculinae)

University of Sydney
The Wentworth Bldg.,
P.O.Box 62
NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA
phone  :  +61 414 540 465
e-mail: vratislav at bigfoot.com
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