Imaging and databasing a biological collection seems like a straightforward task: procure the specimens, extract the data, take the image, and serve the image and data on the internet. However, in most cases there are numerous preliminary global issues and decision points to be resolved before actual imaging and data extraction can begin.
On any given evening, it is commonplace for the nightly news to refer to debt and spending amounts in the billions and trillions of dollars.
The use of these massive numbers is so ubiquitous that many of us have become numb to the true magnitude of what one billion objects represent.
Consider this: to count from one to one billion, one number per second, without breaks or sleep, would take you thirty one years!
Program Solicitation NSF 11-567 The new solicitation is the successor to solicitation, NSF 10-603 and differs in the following ways:
