ref your posting,
did you get any replies, if so what please forward details
we use our own for our biodiversity collection and perhaps should change if there is a sensible alternative
thanks
At 12:37 PM 19/11/96 -0800, you wrote: >I am looking for a numbering system to catalogue photographs and data on >about 1500 + species of fish and marine invertebrates. I have seen a >numbering system used at the American Museum of Natural History and several >books I use give numbers for various fish families. I have seen some of the >codes used by the FAO Taxonomic Code. > >Which coding system is the most widely used and available? Would someone >please recommend a widely used coding system for both fish and aquatic >invertebrates that I could use as part of my database. I have photographed >different specimens of the same species so I am looking for a cataloguing >system for species and specimens. I would like to use it to link different >databases together (taxonomic, geographic, photographic etc.) so the data can >all be linked for the same specimen. > >Although I could create my own numbering system it would be more useful to >use an existing numbering system so that my database would have some >relevance to the outside world. > >Directions to a widely used, adaptable numbering system that I could use >freely would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > >yours sincerely, >Richard Lord >[log in to unmask] >Sealord House, Montville Road >Guernsey GY1 1BQ Great Britain >Tel: +44 1481 700688 >Fax: +44 1481 700699 > > Dr. Steve Oakley, Shell Prof. of environmental Science, Institute of Biodiversity & Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia [log in to unmask] Fax 082 671903 Tel 082 671000 x 254 or 260
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