SAMPADA   Natural History Collection Database Software 

URL: 

   http://www.ncbi.org.in/sampada/index.html 

Source of information: 

website & feedback to questionnaire 

Last updated:   

July 2003 

Contact 

Name:  

Vishwas Chavan, Scientist 

information 

Address: 

National Centre for Biodiversity Informatics  

  Information 

Division 

  National 

Chemical 

Laboratory 

Dr. Homi Bhabha Road 

  Pune 

411008 

  India 

Email:  

vishwas@ems.ncl.res.in 

Availability and 

Freely available (registration required) by download from 

cost 

http://www.ncbi.org.in/sampada/index1.htm or as CDROM . Free 

of charge. 

Specialization by 

All taxa 

taxonomic group 

Computing 

SAMPADA is platform independent (Java implementation). 

platform 

Limitations to 

No limitations documented, database management system is 

scalability 

MySQL 3.23

. Currently, SAMPADA is a standalone application. 

Data import 

MySql 3.23 import capabilities 

capabilities and/or 

limitations 

Data export 

SAMPADA application does not have export capabilities, but 

capabilities and/or 

MySql 3.23 export capabilities can be used. 

limitations 

Size and 

More than 20 collections / museums in India have requested for 

distribution of user  SAMPADA for use in automating their collections. There also has 

base 

been request from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other neighboring 

South Asian countries. Modest customization is underway for using 

SAMPADA by these museums outside India. 

Source of user 

http://www.ncbi.org.in/sampada/userguide.jsp

documentation 

Database model 

Not available on line, but can be provided on request. 

documentation 

Miscellaneous 

A next generation of SAMPADA is expected by end of 2003. It 

will be both a standalone or a web based client server application.  

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