Evolution of a Multisite Network Information System: The LTER Information Management Paradigm
Open Access
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 50 (11) , 963-978
- https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0963:eoamni]2.0.co;2
Abstract
The LTER Network Information System (NIS) is a cooperative, federated database system supporting multi-investigator, multisite ecosystem studies created in collaboration with local information management personnelKeywords
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