<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chavan, V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Achuthankutty, C. T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vanden Berghe, E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wafar, M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IndOBIS, an ocean biogeographic information system for assessment and conservation of indian ocean biodiversity</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Indian Journal of Marine Sciences</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biodiversity informatics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biogeography</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">distributed database systems</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Indian Ocean</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IndOBIS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">information systems</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ocean Biogeographic Information System</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NATL INST SCIENCE COMMUNICATION</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DR K S KRISHNAN MARG, NEW DELHI 110 012, INDIA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">34</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">120-127</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Compilation of inventories of components of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean is hampered by several factors: low effort by some countries, preference to certain taxon, dwindling taxonomic expertise, low infrastructure of Information Technology, databases that are scattered and often non-interoperable, inconsistent reporting and a marked reluctance to share data and information. The creation of the Indian Ocean node of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System is meant to overcome some of these constraints. Benefiting from progress in Information Technology and building on the global efforts on understanding what lives in our seas, the IndOBIS aims to grow into a self-sustaining and collectively supported process of information collation, analysis and dissemination, serving the countries of the region and the international scientific community.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Workshop on Coastal and Marine Biodiversity of Indian Ocean Countries, Goa, INDIA, DEC, 2003</style></notes><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Indian&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0.316</style></custom4></record></records></xml>