Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Integration Network
The Project
A number of bio-resource databases have been developed by various agencies across the world. Some are regional databases, some are on broad classes of habitats, while some are for specific taxa. It is envisaged to undertake a systematic study to address the core issues viz., lack of unified national architecture for collection and maintenance of marine biodiversity data; lack of comprehensive database covering biological, geo-spatial and molecular/genetic information and online tools for character-based field identification. The project intended to collate the biodiversity data scattered across the institutions and develop an interactive platform keeping in view of the needs of the current and future uses of the database. Ultimate focus of this database was to integrate various datasets stored in a multiple or independent database, electronic resources, literatures, species catalogues, text books etc., for querying, analysing, modelling and visualizing to ensure the website easy handling and more interactive for the end users. CoMBINe database at present is with a specific server processor, and software specifications for data compatibility, new website layout, internal crawler for keyword searching, easy filtering functionality, and with less complex website design.
Aim
The aim of the study was to prepare a digital database on marine & coastal biodiversity of India with a framework for integrating existing information across institutions/agencies an a single platform.
Objectives
Key Findings
Diagram depicting the Scope of Darwin Core
System Landscape of CoMBINe
General workflow of DNA barcoding
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