Abstract

The newly implemented database system, called TAIS, for the TAI Herbarium is outlined. TAIS is a versatile and changing system used for recording and manipulating information about herbarium specimens. It was designed for run on microcomputers, and will eventually allow encoding of the 220,000 specimens housed at the TAI. The system consists of a main SPECIMEN base and two accessory bases containing species names and geographic maps. The incorporation of map images into application made it more powerful. Three different ways of localizing collection sites is described. Grid references and latitude/longitude can be generated automatically. Outputs of the system include specimen label, specimen citation, distribution map, and user defined information.

中文摘要

本文介紹台灣大學植物標本館所採用之資料管理系統TAIS。該系統適用於標本資料之儲存及運用，所使用設備為PC個人電腦。預期在未來數年中將完成220000份標本之建檔工作。該系統主要由標本檔所組成，附屬檔案尚包含學名檔及圖形影像檔。將地形圖影像納入系統之內，更加強其功能。為順應標本之記載，TAIS提供三種標定採集地之方式，即六分網格、一分網格及經緯度，網格座標及經緯度均自動產生。此外特殊值物及其生育地之影像亦可併入運用。系統之輸出格式包含標籤、標本目錄、分佈圖形、一般資訊以及使用者所設定之特殊查詢項目。