The scientific information activity of Bioversity International: the descriptor lists

Effective sharing of information about genetic resources depends on everyone using the same “dictionary” – which is where the descriptor lists published by Bioversity International and its partners come in. In a 2006 survey 90% or more of respondents stated that descriptor lists published by Biover...

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Autores principales: Gotor, Elisabetta, Alercia, A., Ramanatha Rao, V., Watts, J., Caracciolo, Francesco
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73451
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Alercia, A.
Ramanatha Rao, V.
Watts, J.
Caracciolo, Francesco
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description Effective sharing of information about genetic resources depends on everyone using the same “dictionary” – which is where the descriptor lists published by Bioversity International and its partners come in. In a 2006 survey 90% or more of respondents stated that descriptor lists published by Bioversity and its partners had contributed to the development of genebank databases, increased uniformity of documentation, increased their ability to work with partners, increased efficiency in collection management, and facilitated data exchange. The utility of Bioversity’s descriptors was rated higher than those from other sources, including UPOV and USDA-GRIN, scoring an average of 3.3 on a 4-point scale. The most common constraint to using Bioversity descriptor lists was the lack of descriptors for a particular species of interest – highlighting the need for Bioversity’s continued involvement in developing additional descriptor lists.
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spelling CGSpace734512025-11-05T07:54:53Z The scientific information activity of Bioversity International: the descriptor lists Gotor, Elisabetta Alercia, A. Ramanatha Rao, V. Watts, J. Caracciolo, Francesco information classification descriptors plant genetic resources Effective sharing of information about genetic resources depends on everyone using the same “dictionary” – which is where the descriptor lists published by Bioversity International and its partners come in. In a 2006 survey 90% or more of respondents stated that descriptor lists published by Bioversity and its partners had contributed to the development of genebank databases, increased uniformity of documentation, increased their ability to work with partners, increased efficiency in collection management, and facilitated data exchange. The utility of Bioversity’s descriptors was rated higher than those from other sources, including UPOV and USDA-GRIN, scoring an average of 3.3 on a 4-point scale. The most common constraint to using Bioversity descriptor lists was the lack of descriptors for a particular species of interest – highlighting the need for Bioversity’s continued involvement in developing additional descriptor lists. 2011 2016-05-19T14:05:16Z 2016-05-19T14:05:16Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73451 en Open Access application/pdf Gotor, E.; Alercia, A.; Ramanatha Rao, V.; Watts, J.; Caracciolo, F. (2011) The scientific information activity of Bioversity International: the descriptor lists. Impact Assessment Discussion Paper 3. Bioversity International 16 p.
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Alercia, A.
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descriptors
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