An Integrated Korean Biodiversity and Genetic Information Retrieval System

Background: On-line biodiversity information databases are growing quickly and being integrated into general bioinformatics systems due to the advances of fast gene sequencing technologies and the Internet. These can reduce the cost and effort of performing biodiversity surveys and genetic searches, which allows scientists to spend more time researching and less time collecting and maintaining data. This will cause an increased rate of knowledge build-up and improve conservations. The biodiversity databases in Korea have been scattered among several institutes and local natural history museums with incompatible data types. Therefore, a comprehensive database and a nation wide web portal for biodiversity information is necessary in order to integrate diverse information resources, including molecular and genomic databases. Results: The Korean Natural History Research Information System (NARIS) was built and serviced as the central biodiversity information system to collect and integrat...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Jeongheui Lim, Jong Bhak, Hee-Mock Oh, Chang-Bae Kim, Yong-Ha Park, Woon Kee Paek
• Keywords: Biodiversity, Biodiversity Information, BMCBI 2008, Databases