Web-Based Virtual Lab for Taxonomic Description

Alessandra Gomes; André Santanchè; Fabiani de Santanchè

Web-Based Virtual Lab for Taxonomic Description

Alessandra Gomes UNICAMP
André Santanchè UNICAMP
Fabiani de Santanchè UNICAMP

Abstract

The taxonomic description of a specimen is an essential task carried out by biologists aimed to identify and study living beings. The usual approach involves analysing and describing a given specimen in a physical laboratory. Nevertheless, several tasks are being virtualized. Images, sounds, and videos of living beings are being digitalized; records are stored in spreadsheets and databases and the description task itself are being supported by specialized software. This work investigates a step beyond, where the laboratory itself becames virtual.

Keywords: virtual lab, software component, taxonomic description, web

Published

2012-10-15

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GOMES, Alessandra; SANTANCHÈ, André; SANTANCHÈ, Fabiani de. Web-Based Virtual Lab for Taxonomic Description. In: WORKSHOP ON TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS - BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON MULTIMEDIA AND THE WEB (WEBMEDIA) , 2012, São Paulo. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2012 . p. 47-50. ISSN 2596-1683.