A metadata-driven framework for generating field data entry interfaces in ecology

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 270-278

  Jones, Christopher ^b   Blanchette, Carol ^b   Brooke, Matthew ^a   Harris, John ^a   Jones, Matthew ^a   Schildhauer, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological data entry; Handheld computer; Metadata; Schema inference; User interface generation

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DESIGN; INTERNET; LABORATORY METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH WORK; SOFTWARE;

EID: 35348834169     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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