Information on the Stratigraphy.Net database project
| Name : | Stratigraphy.Net database project |
| Home Page URL : | http://www.stratigraphy.net |
| This page's URL : | http://www.stratigraphy.net/pdn.html |
| Purpose : | Provide a stratigraphic database which is open to public. The Stratigraphy.net database approach follows the recommendations of the International Stratigraphic Guide The current database design encompasses the following sub-disciplines of stratigraphy:
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| Scope : | Open to all taxa relevant for stratigraphy |
| Intended audience : | Everybody who is intrested in stratigraphic and taxonomic data |
| Platform / Software : | database server: Borland's Interbase client frontends: PHP generated web pages |
| Data model : | The data model currently consists of about 60 tables and is rapidly growing due to the demands of the interdisciplinary project.
Some impressions on the general concept can be found at www.stratigraphy.net/database.html During the development process, additional technology details will regurarily be published here |
| Terminology Conventions for Data Entry: | - |
| Output Query System: | Query results are given by custom scripts written in PHP |
| Available User Support: | info@stratigraphy.net |
| Date of Establishment: | Will be implemented in the course of 2002 |
| Location: | Bremen, Germany |
| Size: | Currently contains only test data |
| Institutional and Financial Support: | None: stratigraphy.net is an independent, volunteer project |
| Long-Term Maintenance Plans: | It is intended to become a permanent resource for the geoscientific community |
| Contact: | Robert Huber (huber@stratigraphy.net) Jens Klump (klump@stratigraphy.net) Stefan Goetz (goetz@stratigraphy.net) |