An Agent-Based Approach to the Construction of Floristic Digital Libraries

This paper describes an agent-assisted approach to the construction of floristic digital libraries, which consist of very large botanical data repositories and related services. We propose an environment, termed Chrysalis, in which authors of plant morphologic descriptions can enter data into a digital library via a web-based editor. An agent that runs concurrently with the editor suggests potentially useful morphologic descriptions based on similar documents existing in the library. Benefits derived from

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: DL
• Authors: J. Alfredo Sánchez, Cristina A. López, John L. Schnase
• Keywords: Digital Library, DL 1998, Floristic Digital Libraries, Morphologic Descriptions, Plant Morphologic Descriptions