BIOTICA 4.1 

URL: 

   http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/ 

    biotica_espanol/doctos/acerca_biotica.html  

Source of information: 

website & feedback to questionnaire 

Last updated:   

July 2003 

Contact 

Name:   

Patricia Ramos 

information 

Address:  

Av. Liga Periferico Insurgentes sur 4903 

  Parques 

del 

pedregal. 

Delegacion Tlalpan. C.P. 

14010. Mexico D.F.  

EMail:  

biotica@xolo.conabio.gob.mx 

URL:  

http://www.conabio.gob.mx/

Availability 

Freely available from CONABIO as download or as Biotica CD incl. 

and cost 

the printed user manual (send request to 

biotica@xolo.conabio. 

gob.mx

), registration required. Free of cost (client server environment 

needs MS SQL Server software and licensing). 

Specialization 

All taxa. Biotica includes authority catalogues for the following 

by taxonomic 

biological groups: Benthic marine Algae, Pteridophytes, Angiosperms 

group 

and Gymnosperms, Amphibians and Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and 

Arthropods. The files are available from 

http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/catalogo_autoridades/doctos/a

cerca.html

Platform Microsoft 

Windows 

Limitations to 

No limitations documented; Up to Biotica version 4.0 the DBMS used 

scalability 

was 

Microsoft Access

. The latest version 4.1 (released on June 16th, 

2003) both MS Access and 

Microsoft SQL Server 2000

 can be used. 

The maximum number of records depends on the database engine. 

Data import 

No specific data import procedures implemented yet but planned for 

capabilities 

the next software version. 

and/or 

limitations 

Data export 

Export to various formats possible (e.g. Microsoft Access, Microsoft 

capabilities / 

SQL Server, Excel, text files, XML, HTML, etc). 

limitations 

Size and 

No information (> 90 projects in Mexico for version 2) 

distribution of 

user base 

Source of user 

http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/biotica_ingles/doctos/manual

documentation  _v4.0.html (Spanish only) 

Database 

http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/biotica_ingles/doctos/manual

model 

_v4.0.html

 (Spanish only). Download section XII (pdf file), appendix 

documentation  A to J. The database dictionary is contained in: Anexo H. Diccionario 

de datos de Biotica. An E/R diagram is available on request. 

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