Title :
Assisting the integration of taxonomic data: the LITCHI toolkit
Author :
Sutherland, Iain ; Robinson, John ; Brandt, Sue M. ; Jones, Andrew C. ; Embury, Suzanne M. ; Gray, W. Alex ; White, Richard J. ; Bisby, Frank A.
Author_Institution :
Object & Knowledge-based Syst. Group, Cardiff Univ., UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate a prototype toolkit that uses constraints and constraint violation repair techniques to enable the automated detection and, where possible, the automated resolution of conflicts in taxonomic databases
Keywords :
biology computing; botany; constraint handling; scientific information systems; zoology; LITCHI toolkit; automated conflict detection; automated conflict resolution; constraint violation repair techniques; constraints; organisms; taxonomic data integration; taxonomic databases; Computer science; Databases; Electrical capacitance tomography; Information systems; Joining processes; Knowledge based systems; Merging; Organisms; Plants (biology); Systematics;
Conference_Titel :
Data Engineering, 2000. Proceedings. 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0506-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICDE.2000.839491
