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Our Products - Distributed Network Technology
Peer-to-peer, or distributed,
computing allows people to share the resources of their individual
computers, to create a 'virtual computer' that has the storage capacity
and computational power that far surpasses the capabilities of any one
computer or server. In addition, the creation of distributed network
dedicated to the collection and sharing of biodiversity information and
data will provide a 'central' knowledge-base of all biodiversity
information. An example of this type of technology
that is already in use today are the SETI
How will it work from a Biodiversity Research perspective?
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A scientist studying wetlands creates
a project template and distributes it to individuals and organizations
for data
contains a data capture outline and the methodology for data
collection.
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Naturalists involved in the project can now collect data
using the project template created by the scientist. The
observations from each individual are stored in a virtual repository
accessible to all on the network.
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At any time, the scientist can access
the data contained in the virtual repository. Because the data has been
collected using standard methods and stored in a common format, the
multiple datasets are easily integrated, analyzed and converted into
information.
The scientist may also integrate data
from other relevant datasets, such as the Cattails project.
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