Sunday, April 01, 2007

The future of data access

If we only had a guid or doi for each species and the necessary resources in the background



This figure legend
"The pattern on a building in Tokyo is filled with information that can be read by a properly programmed cellphone with a camera. The technology can also be used for many other things, like buying airline tickets. (NYTimes)"

could read like "the pattern on a food bag or sign post in a national park is filled with information that can be read by a properly programmed cellphone with a camera. The technology can also be used to provide access to all the species information of the world"