Report prepared for the Experts Meeting Towards the Implementation of a Global Invasive Species
Information Network (GISIN), 6-8 April, 2004. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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D23. The computer hardware I predominantly use (if not listed above):
D24. The computer platform I predominantly use: (choose all that apply)
IBM
Macintosh
Other (see next question)
D25. The computer platform I predominantly use (if not listed above):
D26. The operating system I predominantly use is: (choose all that apply)
Win98
WinME
Win2000
WinXP
WinNT
UNIX
LINUX
MacOS
Other (see next question)
D27. The operating system I predominantly use (if not listed above):
D28. The Internet browser application I predominantly use is: (choose all that apply)
Internet Explorer version 5.x or LATER
Internet Explorer version 4.x or EARLIER
Netscape Navigator
Netscape Communicator
WebTV
Other (see next question)
D29. The Internet browser application I predominantly use (if not listed above):
D30. The Internet access I experience is: (choose all that apply)
I do not have Internet access
I have reliable Internet access
I have unreliable/intermittent Internet access
Other (see next question)
D31. The Internet access I experience is different from above: (please explain briefly)
D32. The Internet connection speed I experience when I most commonly access my data/databases:
(choose all that apply)
T1 or T3
DSL
Cable Modem
Dial-up Modem at 56Kpbs
Dial-up Modem at 28Kbps or less
Other (see next question)
D33. The Internet connection speed I experience is (if not listed above):
D36. Rank the database types in order of their important to the GISIN (in your opinion). Please use each
number only once. (1=most important, 7=least important)
IAS species/taxonomic database (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 )
IAS expertise database (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 )
IAS bibliographic database (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 )
IAS research database (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 )
IAS image/graphics database (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 )
IAS geospatial database (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 )
IAS databases in distributed database systems (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 )
D37. The database type that I believe is most important to the GISIN is (or not listed above):