Public Domain Image Databases for Taxonomy

Public Domain Image Databases for Taxonomic Research and Education: A Case Study, Protist Image Database

*Yuuji Tsukii¹, Akira Kihara¹, Yoshihiro Ugawa² (*Contact Person)
¹Laboratory of Biology, Science Research Center, Hosei University, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8160, Japan; ²Environmental Education Center, Miyagi University of Education, Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0845, Japan


	Abstract
	Introduction
	Needs for image databases in protist taxonomy
	Basic features of Protist image database
	Contributors and Collaborators
	How people are using our database
	Consulting other volunteer databases
	Research on support systems for volunteer "bio-resource" databases
	Printing vs Internet
	Public organization for quality-control and preservation of the voluntary-delivered biodiversity resources
	Acknowledgements
	References

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