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Scratchpads is a social networking tool to build, share, and publish information on the diversity of life. It is part of the EU funded ViBRANT project, and the NERC funded e-Monocot project. As part of these initiatives a new version of the Scratchpads will be released in January 2012. | Scratchpads is a social networking tool to build, share, and publish information on the diversity of life. It is part of the EU funded ViBRANT project, and the NERC funded e-Monocot project. As part of these initiatives a new version of the Scratchpads will be released in January 2012. | ||
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== SEINET<br> == | |||
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Southwest Environmental Information Network <br> | |||
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http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/<br> | |||
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Gateway to distributed data resources of interest to the environmental research community in Arizona and beyond.<br> | |||
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== SEPASAL<br> == | |||
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Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands<br> | |||
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http://www.kew.org/ceb/sepasal/<br> | |||
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Database and enquiry service about useful "wild" and semi-domesticated plants of tropical and subtropical drylands, developed and maintained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.<br> | |||
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The NSF-funded Specify Software Project offers Specify 6 and allied applications for museum and herbarium research data processing. Specify 6 handles specimen information for computerizing collection holdings, for tracking specimen and tissue management transactions, and for mobilizing species occurrence data to the Internet. Specify runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux computers; it is free and open source licensed. Specify 6.4 was released on 22 November 2011. | The NSF-funded Specify Software Project offers Specify 6 and allied applications for museum and herbarium research data processing. Specify 6 handles specimen information for computerizing collection holdings, for tracking specimen and tissue management transactions, and for mobilizing species occurrence data to the Internet. Specify runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux computers; it is free and open source licensed. Specify 6.4 was released on 22 November 2011. | ||
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== SPNHC<br> == | |||
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Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections <br> | |||
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== SYNTHESYS<br> == | |||
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Synthesis of Systematics Resources <br> | |||
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4 year project which began in September 2009 comprises 20 European natural history museums, Universities and botanic gardens. It aims to create an integrated European infrastructure for researchers in the natural sciences. SYNTHESYS is split into three activities: Access, Networking and Joint Research Activities<br> | |||
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