Linking heterogeneous biodiversity information systems on the grid: The grab prototype

Computing and Informatics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 383-398

  Jones, Andrew C ^a   Gray, W Alex ^a   Giddy, Jonathan P ^a   Fiddian, Nick J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity informatics; Collaborative working; Data integration; Globus; Heterogeneous databases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346046888     PISSN: 13359150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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