BDEI : Biodiversity Information Organization using Taxonomy ( BIOT )
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چکیده
Biological resources are the basis of much of this Nation’s prosperity. The wise stewardship of these riches affects current and future generations and, therefore, must be rooted in decisions based on the best information available. Because of the rapid growth of all content on the Internet, there is a corresponding increase in online biological information of all types. However, the sheer volume of data, and its widely varying quality and physical distribution make it impossible for decision makers to make critical decisions without the benefit of the existing body of information. This project aims to investigate and develop intelligent knowledge management tools and deploy them in this important domain. In particular, we will investigate the use of a taxonomy as a reference ontology to provide a conceptual framework to allow intelligent agents to browse biodiversity information in a variety of formats widely distributed on the World Wide Web.
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