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生物分类学是一门古老而又年轻的学科。自从瑞典科学家林奈创立分类学以来时间已历经了200多年,但时至今日人们仍在普遍使用纸质分类检索表。传统的纸质分类检索表使用起来有很多不便,如果能把计算机技术特别是数据库处理技术应用其中,将给生物分类学带来极大的推动作用。本期《软件研制》特别选登了两篇相关文章:一篇以WEB页编制(以植物中的花椰菜为例),一篇用visual Foxpro建立数据库(以动物中的昆虫为例)。编者认为这种创意或者思想非常蕾要。但我们应该清楚,要完成这一工程浩大的编制工作(世界上已知的植物有50万种之多)绝不只是时间的问题。——编者
Taxonomy is an ancient and young subject. More than 200 years have passed since the Swedish scientist Linna founded taxonomy, but today paper-based search forms are still widely used. Traditional paper classification search form has many inconveniences to use. If we can apply computer technology, especially database processing technology, it will bring a tremendous impetus to taxonomy. This issue of “Software Development” featured two related articles: one based on WEB pages (taking plant broccoli as an example) and one using visual Foxpro to build a database (taking animals in animals as an example). The editors think this idea or idea is very important. But it should be clear to us that it is no longer a matter of time before the vast preparation work to complete this project (with as many as 500,000 plants known in the world). --editor