SPECIES BANKS DATABASES Elena Pérez Iniesta GBIF- Spain Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid

SPECIES BANKS DATABASES: Type of site Table 1. Summary statistics regarding 234 of the 298 web resources in the URL compilation. Type of SiteN% Static (HTML) pages Dynamic databases Dynamic databases -- Sites which Dynamic databases -- Sites which use a database from which are generated different views of the data such as HTML pages Collection of Static Databases -- Sites which are simply a set of HTML pages, probably edited by hand

Dynamic databases

Static Pages

SPECIES BANKS DATABASES: Type of system Data warehouse (Sites which store all of the data from different sources in a central location ). Web Service (Sites which act as a portal through which information is brought from many resources in answer to the user’s query ). Redirecting links (Sites which provide links to a set of other resources by redirection to those web sites or by dynamic queries of their data ). Type of SiteN% Data warehouse Web services model Redirecting links73.0 Table 2. Summary statistics regarding 229 of the 298 web resources in the URL compilation.

Data Warehouse

Network

Web services model

SPECIES BANKS DATABASES: Type of Website Standalone database (Created by a project or institution). Collaborative project (Created by a collaborative effort among several institutions/individuals). Distributed System (existing as an interaction among different databases at different websites via a common web distributor ). Table 3. Summary statistics regarding 230 of the 298 web resources in the URLcompilation. Type of SiteN% Standalone database Collaborative project Distributed system229.6

Standalone databases

Collaborative project

Distributed System Conabio NISbase

SPECIES BANKS DATABASES: Additional information Table 4. Summary statistics regarding the 243 species data resources that include more than taxonomic information. Type of InformationN% Molecular data Identification key(s) Images Photo gallery 17/ Image search 4/ Sound files 75.5 Video files 43.2 Distribution data

Additional information: Molecular data

Additional information: Keys

Additional information: Image files (Photo Gallery, Image Search)

Additional information: Sounds

Additional information: Distributions

Basic scientific name information URLAuthorPublication dateNomencl. Ref. Type Additional information 51.4 %38.7 %19 %11 % General40.3 %30.9 %16 %8.2 % Table 5. Comparison of percentages of sites providing information in addition to basic taxonomy between the total number included in the general “white database of species banks” and the 243 that do provide some sort of additional information (see Table 4).

Last update LAST UPDATEN% Last month Last six months Last year Last two years Last three years1410 Last four years32.2 Last five- ten years TOTAL URL- Last update14047 TOTAL URL298 Table 6. Percentage of sites in several time categories among the 140 sites that have an explicit indication of recency of the last update.

Users There is a correlation not only between the type of organisation that maintains a species bank and the class of intended users of that species bank, but also between the class of intended users and the longevity of the site. 1.National parks, zoos, museums and citizen-groups mount websites intended for the general public. 2.Sites aimed at amateur enthusiast audiences generally are maintained by NGOs, museums and zoos. 3.Universities, research centres and government institutions tend to design and maintain sites aimed at scientists and higher-level students. These are the sites with greatest longevity.