Abstract

A data storage and retrieval system has been developed for assembling and manipulating specimen information concerning Taiwanese grass species. It was designed for use on an affordable and widespread microcomputer, and is most suitable for small colleges and universities with small herbaria or for personal collections. Steps involved in the creation of item fields, character sets, file structure, and their updation are briefly described. The query system was so designed that it can be used to retrieve records with desired attributes and from them to give results in a variety of forms, including specimen labels, distribution map, and other relevant information.

中文摘要

本資料系統建立之目的在使標本之標籤資料達到最有效之運用，並以臺大植物系標本管之禾本科標本為設立範本。全套系統係建立於廣泛流行之個人電腦上，以提供小型標本館或個人採集之用。系統之設立可區分為五步驟：(1)資料格式之設立，包括資料項目、字元產生器、及台灣圖形等；(2)標籤資料之儲入；(3)檔案結構之建立；(4)查詢及其結果之輸出，此包含印製標籤、種類分布圖、及符合使用者需求之各種資料；(5)資料及檔案之更新。