Center for Biological Informatics, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
Data Center Description
The Center for Biological Informatics, found on http://biology.usgs.gov/cbi/
serves as the operating agent for the National Biological Information
Infrastructure. CBI manages the NBII search engine and develops and provides
standards and procedures for acquiring, managing, and sharing biological
information. CBI manages national data collection programs that complement and
strengthen its role within the NBII.
Informatics as defined by the President Committee of Advisors on Science and
Technology is research on the development of, and use of technological,
sociological, and organizational tools and approaches for the dynamic
acquisition, indexing, dissemination, storage, querying, retrieval,
visualization, integration, analysis, synthesis.
The term biological informatics, refers to the development and use of computer,
statistical, and other tools in the collection, organization, dissemination,
and use of information to solve problems in the life sciences.
Website: http://biology.usgs.gov/cbi/
[Summary provided by the USGS.]
Data Center URL
| URL: http://biology.usgs.gov/cbi/ |
