Sampada 

Hi: 

Sorry that I was delayed than promised. Here are the details that you need about SAMPADA. 

>SAMPADA has been identified as one of the important software tools for collection management which should be itemised on this 

list. So far, we have collected the following information from your world wide web site (http://www.ncbi.org.in/sampada/index.html). 

>  > Availability and cost  

>Free download from http://www.ncbi.org.in/sampada/index1.htm or as CDROM. Registration required. 

>  > Limitations to scalability 

>Database management system is MySql 3.23. This is standalone version. 

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>  > Computing platform limitations or specialization 

>SAMPADA is platform independent (Java  implementation) 

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>  > Specialization by taxonomic group 

>All taxa 

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>  > Contact information and URL 

>Vishwas Chavan, Scientist 

>Information Division, National Chemical Laboratory 

>Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India 

>Email: vishwas@ems.ncl.res.in http://www.ncbi.org.in/sampada/index.html 

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>  > URL or other source of user documentation 

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

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>  > Estimate of size and distribution of user base 

SAMPADA alongwith its associated packs is 77 MB. There are more than 20 collections / museums in India have requested for 

SAMPADA for use in automating their collections. There also has been request from  Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other neighbouring 

South Asian countries. Modest customization is underway for using SAMPADA by these museums outside India. 

>  > Data import capabilities and/or limitations 

SAMPADA application do not have import capacilities, however, mySQL has features to import which can be used. Next version of 

SAMPADA which would be client server would have this feature inbuilt. It would be able to import from any standard data formats. 

>  > Data export capabilities and/or limitations 

SAMPADA application do not have export capacilities, however, mySQL has features to import which can be used. Next version of 

SAMPADA which would be client server would have this feature inbuilt. It would be able to export to any standard format such as 

XML, ABCD schema etc. 

>  > URL or other source of database model documentation (tables, attributes, relationships, and their semantics) 

We do not have online database model documentation. It can be provided on request. 

>  > Any other information 

We are developing next generation of SAMPADA which will would cover all  teh drawbacks of current version. Further, it can be 

used as standalone or web based cleint server application. It is expected to be released by end 2003. 

With kind regards, 

vishwas 

Vishwas Chavan 

Scientist, Information Divsion 

National Chemical Laboratory 

Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, INDIA 

Tel. 91 20 5893457 (o) 

Fax. 91 20 5893973 

E mail : vishwas@ems.ncl.res.in 

vishwasc@yahoo.com 

Web : http://www.ncbi.org.in & http://www.ncl india.org

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