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What is AIMS ?What is AIMS ?

Animal Information Management SystemAnimal Information Management System It’s a CMS (Content Management System)It’s a CMS (Content Management System)A scientific biodiversity databaseA scientific biodiversity databaseFocus on the animal taxonomy, ecology, Focus on the animal taxonomy, ecology,

biodiversity information. biodiversity information. Goal is to collect and share the scientific Goal is to collect and share the scientific

biodiversity data about animal freelybiodiversity data about animal freely Its birthday is Apr 6Its birthday is Apr 6thth, 2005. 1, 2005. 11/2 1/2 Years old.Years old.

Why AIMS ?Why AIMS ?

(GBIF) Both biodiversity and biodiversity data (GBIF) Both biodiversity and biodiversity data are unevenly distributed around the world:are unevenly distributed around the world:

Developing WorldDeveloping WorldBiodiversityBiodiversity

Biodiversity DataBiodiversity Data

Developed WorldDeveloped World

China is a developing country and a region abundant in wildlife. China is a developing country and a region abundant in wildlife. So …So …

AIMS ComponentsAIMS Components

DataCollect

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Data transform

Friendly websides

Internet

Lay out

Web Service

Friendly websides

Data analyze and reuse

Done To do

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Set the expert who is in charge of this classification

Manage the content

AIMS Components - OfflineAIMS Components - Offline

AIMS Components - OfflineAIMS Components - Offline

Client Server

Download initial file

Input data offline

Submit data/Packet(s)

Web Server

Email

Import(Web Service)

HTTP

POP3

HTTP/SOAP

Wild Area Network (WAN)

AIMS Components - AIMS Components - Data transformData transform

Data in

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AIMS Components - AIMS Components - Meta-Search EngineMeta-Search Engine

InterfacePrimarySearch Engines

Result

In this meta-search engine, you submit keywords in the search box, and it transmits your search simultaneously to several individual search engines. After it, you get back results from all the search engines.

AIMS Components - AIMS Components - Meta-Search EngineMeta-Search Engine

Patten of Meta-Search Engine

AIMS Components - Lay outAIMS Components - Lay out

Knowledge

News

Taxa info

Specimen

WebGIS

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KEY to some classification

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A WebService

Application

Analyze

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DataCollect

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Data transform

Friendly websides

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Lay out

Web Service

Friendly websides

Data analyze and reuse

Done To do

Data in AIMSData in AIMS

Inherit the Darwin core 2 and ABCD standardInherit the Darwin core 2 and ABCD standard Include:Include:

Phyla: 7Phyla: 7 Classes: 18Classes: 18 Orders: 211Orders: 211 Families: 1266Families: 1266 Genera: 4426Genera: 4426 Species: 21055Species: 21055 Specimens: 5291Specimens: 5291 Synonyms: 16962Synonyms: 16962 Papers: 18036Papers: 18036

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Speci es 5, 460 8, 795 10, 701 14, 903 21, 055 50, 000

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Use of AIMSUse of AIMS

Visits By Day Of Week Visits By Hour Of Day

Daily Visits Daily Hits

Some analyses from Google Some analyses from Google

Our goalsOur goals

Collect more dataCollect more data Offer multifarious servicesOffer multifarious services Cooperate with the friendly organizationsCooperate with the friendly organizations Seamless connection with correlative database, lSeamless connection with correlative database, l

ike Fishbase, ETI, CoralBaseike Fishbase, ETI, CoralBase Communicate with the wider fields, such as GenCommunicate with the wider fields, such as Gen

ebank, NCBI, etc.ebank, NCBI, etc. Become the participant node of GBIF.Become the participant node of GBIF. Provide data for the Chinese hub of SP2000Provide data for the Chinese hub of SP2000

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