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Hi Andy, very good idea with that database. It surely needs a lot of boring work (keying in metrics and others). And passive/active use of that needs some clear rules to protect all the work from "parasites" and errors. You are right - some standarts are necessary (for example - only published materials/ some agreements). I'm sure there are people who are experienced in that subject. Best wishes Aldona 2009/5/21 Andrew Fairbairn <[log in to unmask]>: > Marco, > > We have been developing an online seed database which includes metrics (L, B, T) and derived indices, plus multiple photos of key specimens. We are staying with seeds to the moment and have included the metrics/photos just to see how far we can go. Our idea is to have an online database which we (or others) can add to and extend it to other forms of fossils. The prototype is almost complete and we have a programmer building an on-line version. To begin with we used Access - it's a nasty program but was freely available - and now have progressed to using a web platform. > > If the database is simple then filemaker may be OK. However to get it online you need a programmer. One database that is up and running in Australia is the Australasian Pollen and Spore Atlas (http://apsa.anu.edu.au/). > > Maybe we should get like minded people to develop a working group on this issue. The UQ seed atlas project is really being driven by my student group, but we'd love to harmonise data structure etc with others. I suspect that, as shown by the Netherlands seed atlas, web access is the future, so perhaps the list members or IWGP should try to agree some standards. > > Cheers > Andy > > > > > > ---------------------------- > > Dr Andrew Fairbairn > Lecturer in Archaeology, > School of Social Science, > Michie Building, > The University of Queensland > QLD 4072 > Australia > > Tel: +61 (0)7 3365 2780 > Fax: +61 (0)7 3365 1544 > > Associate Editor Vegetation History and Archaeobotany > (http://www.springer.com/geosciences/journal/334) > > -----Original Message----- > From: The archaeobotany mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marco Madella > Sent: Wednesday, 20 May 2009 11:26 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: reference collection database > > Dear List Members, > > I am in the process of setting up a database for the archaeobotanical > reference collection of our Laboratory in Barcelona and I am trying > to understand the best way to sort it out. Any of you/your labs has > made a database with software such as Filemaker Pro? Is there > anything on line that can be visited to see a working database? > Because we deal with many different botanical remains (wood, leaves, > phytoliths, starch, etc.) I am thinking of a form that under the > botanical name of the species can group what parts we have in the > reference collection. > > I'd welcome any suggestion you might have, especially of databases > already up and working with which compare our ideas. > > Many thanks -- best wishes, > Marco > > > ___________________________________________________ > Marco Madella, PhD (Cantab) > ICREA Research Professor in Environmental Archaeology > Director, Laboratory for Palaeoecology and Plant Palaeoeconomy > > Department of Archaeology and Anthropology > Institució Milą i Fontanals > Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) > C/Egipcķaques, 15 > 08001 Barcelona (Spain) > > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > Tel: +34 - 934 423 489 (switchboard) > Fax: +34 - 934 430 071 > skype: mmadella > http://www.phytolith.net (personal page) > http://www.icrea.cat > http://www.imf.csic.es > -- dr Aldona Mueller-Bieniek Institute of Botany PAS Lubicz 46 PL31-512 Kraków