SPECIFY 4.0
URL:
http://usobi.org/specify/
Source of information:
website and in house expertise (GBIF.DE project)
Last updated:
July 2003
Contact
Name:
Specify Software Project
information
Address:
Biodiversity Research Center
The University of Kansas
1345
Jayhawk
Boulevard
Lawrence,
Kansas
66045
USA
Email:
specify@ku.edu
Availability and
Freely avaible, download from
http://usobi.org/specify/
. Free of
cost
charge (client server environment needs MS SQL Server software
and licensing).
Specialization by
All taxa. User interface can be pre set for specific collection types
taxonomic group
by means of downloadable sets of customised forms for botany,
entomology, herpetology, ichthyology, invertebrate palaeontology
(under development), mammalogy, ornithology, palaeobotany
(under development), and vertebrate palaeontology. The forms can
be further modified to suit specific user needs.
Computing
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (not XP Home), 2000 Server,
platform
2000 Professional, 98SE.
Limitations to
No limitations documented, database engine is
MSDE
/
Microsoft
scalability
SQL Server
/
Data import
Specify project helps to convert and import existing collection data
capabilities and/or
sets.
limitations
Import of taxonomic authority files (in ITIS format) possible,
extensive files available.
Data export
Data export into delimited text format and MS Access files via
capabilities and/or
query reporting function.
limitations
Specify is able to produce reports with a wide variety of options for
layout, fonts, graphical design, bar codes, and other formatting
features.
Size and
At least 100 installations (incl. version 3.x) worldwide.
distribution of user
base
Source of user
Extensive user manual available with by download:
documentation
http://usobi.org/specify/4_whatisspecify/usermanual40.htm
Database model
http://usobi.org/specify/3_whatisspecify/datamodel.htm
documentation
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