Automated extraction of data from text using an XML parser: An earth science example using fossil descriptions

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-169

  Curry, Gordon B ^a   Connor, Richard C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data acquistion; Databased; Geoinformatics; Taxonomy; XML parsing

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; EARTH SCIENCE; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 41949097911     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00140.1     Document Type: Article

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