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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participated in at least one of the three
surveys. Twenty of these respondents were
from the USA. Of the 60 respondents, 40
(representing 24 different countries)
completed the Online Database Survey
(Survey 1), 58 (representing 25 countries)
completed the Database Content Survey
(Survey 2), and 56 (representing 24
countries) completed the Database
Development and Technology Survey
(Survey 3). Twenty-two respondents
completed an Evaluation Survey (Survey 4).
Survey 1 - Online Database Survey
Forty individuals from 24 countries
completed survey 1 (13 from the USA).
Three respondents took the survey more
than once, to represent more than one IAS
information system with their answers.
Database Availability
Figure 1 shows that 34 of the online
databases represented by respondents are
publicly available, while 6 support restricted
access. Three respondents (in the Other
category) indicated that their databases
would be publicly available soon.
Database Format
When asked about the format in which their
database is served, the majority of
respondents indicated that their databases
are served using HyperText Markup
Language (HTML) (Figure 2). Other formats
reported by respondents included ArcIMS
maps, Internet Database Connector (IDC),
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