I3N Tools

The newest I3N tool is the I3N Database on Invasive Alien Species template. *Click on the picture below to see a larger version.

I3N Database on Invasive Alien Species. *Click on the picture to see a larger version.

This Microsoft Access based database template is freely available to use for collecting information on invasive species taxonomy and description, introduction pathways, characteristics, impacts, control methods, occurrences, contacts, projects, and references. The database also allows users to export their data in Extensible Markup Language (XML) report files. These report files are standardized according to the I3N XML schemas for metadata and data on contacts, projects, detailed species reports , and short species reports. The XML report files you create using the I3N Database can then be harvested and served on the Internet through participant Web sites or using the I3N Web Templates (currently under development). This I3N Database on Invasive Alien Species template and user guide is available in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

To obtain a copy of the database, go to http://www.institutohorus.org.br/trabalhosa_database_eng.htm (English) or http://www.institutohorus.org.br/trabalhosa_database.htm (Portuguese), or contact one of the I3N Tools Representatives:

Dr. Silvia Ziller Director, Instituto Horus
Tel: (55-41) 3253-0886
E-mail: sziller@institutohorus.org.br

or

Dr. Sergio Zalba, Grupo de Estudios en Conservación y Manejo (GEKKO)
Tel: (54-291) 459-5101 Ext. 2420
Fax: (54-291) 459-5130
E-mail: szalba@criba.edu.ar

Other tools at the disposal of I3N participants include this extensive bilingual Web site that contains a repository for data and other products of I3N participants, a search and browse page, a printer-friendly overview of I3N (PDF), contact information, all pilot project documents, a virtual online community (hosted by the NBII); the I3N listserv, and the original I3N Cataloguer - a data output tool now replaced by the I3N database.