Distributed public domain databases (DPDD) of biological information on Internet: An Introduction of a Color Image Database for Japanese Ants

Yuuji Tsukii, Akira Kihara,
Laboratory of Biology, Hosei University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102,
Yoshihiro Ugawa
Genetic Resources II, DNA Information and Stock Center, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305.

Contents

= = Abstract = =

1. Introduction

2. Life Sciences and Computer Networks

3. Distributed Public-Domain Databases

4. A Need for Image Databases for Taxonomic Use

5. Creation of a Color Image Database for Japanese Ants

6. Database Contents

7. Open Questions and Future Perspectives

8. References

Japanese Journal of Computer Science Vol.2, No.1: pp.5-13
Copyright 1995 by The Myrmecological Society of Japan (for English version) and The Japanese Association of Computer Science (for Japanese version),