TAXACOM FTP Server: a service for systematic biology Accessible via Anonymous FTP and located at HUH.HARVARD.EDU (128.103.108.123) Contacts: J.H. Beach, beach@huh.harvard.edu, or Richard Zander, visbms@ubvms.bitnet The contents of this archive include: taxacom.ps A (postscript) version of the TAXACOM-NET announcement which describes the three TAXACOM-NET mailing lists. taxacom.txt An ASCII version of the same announcement (posted 6/6/90). taxacom2.txt Is additional technical information on the Listserv program for interested users who are technically inclined. The previous document describes how to sign on to Taxacom-Net. pto Is the most recent version of Plant Taxonomists Online, the E-mail directory produced by Amy Gatt, University of New Mexico. flora.online Is a subdirectory containing all of the issues of the Journal Flora Online in compressed ZIP format. The decompression program PK110.EXE is also available in the subdirectory. Be sure to use the "binary" or "image" option with FTP when downloading these files. delta Is a subdirectory with the most recent DELTA package from M.J. Dallwitz. These are MS-DOS programs stored here in compressed ZIP format. See the explanation under the "miscellaneous" directory below on how to obtain and use the PKUNZIP program to un-compress the DELTA program files. This latest DELTA version was supplied by M.J. Dallwitz on October 24, 1991. labels3 Is a subdirectory with the most recent versions of the LABELS3 dbase source code for dbaseIII+ and dbaseIV. (Labels33.exe and Labels34.exe, respectively) Also included are the dbaseIII and dbase IV source code for EZLabels, a simpler version of Labels3, the file names are Ezlab33 and EZlab34 for the dbaseIII+ and dbase IV versions) The four files in the labels3 subdirectory are in PKZIP self-extracting format, binary format, for MS-DOS. Be sure to specify the Binary (or Image) option with FTP before FTPing these files. Once you have the files onto a MS-DOS computer, simply type the file name and all of the necessary Labels3 or EZlabels files will be created. DO NOT MIX THE EXTRACTED FILES FROM THE DIFFERENT FILES HERE IN THE SAME DOS SUBDIRECTORY. (From John H. Beaman, Michigan State Univ.) beanbag Is a subdirectory of issues of the Bean Bag newsletter and subscription lists for the same. Transferred from Taxacom- Dialup on 27 November 1990. library Is a subdirectory containing directories of internet-accessible library catalogs and university campus information systems. Files "uslibs.txt" and "uslibs.ps" are listings of primarily U.S. libraries but with a few other countries as well, the files are ASCII and Postscript respectively. The file "uklibs.txt" lists United Kingdom library systems which are searchable through an NSFNET-JANET gateway. funding Is a subdirectory of funding opportunity announcements and related information on sources of research support. miscellaneous Is a subdirectory of miscellaneous utilities including PKZ110.EXE a self extracting archive file which produces the MS-DOS programs PKZIP and PKUNZIP for compressing and decompressing files in the *.ZIP format. To use PKZIP or PKUNZIP on your DOS PC, FTP this file in FTP binary mode (specify "binary" at the FTP prompt before using "get"), then type PKZ110 at the DOS prompt. Instructions will be generated then. Use PKUNZIP to decompress the Flora Online articles found on this server. networks Is a subdirectory with various networking-related files. It currently contains HYTELN11.ZIP a compressed (ZIP) file containing a memory-resident DOS utility which pops-up network database address and access information. Very nice. Use the PKUNZIP program to decompress the file, after you FTP it in BINARY mode to its own subdirectory on your PC. See "miscellaneous" above for the PKUNZIP program. Posted 22 January 1991. mvsp A subdirectory containing MVSP - A Multivariate Statistical Package. It performs ordination, cluster analyses and calculates diversity indices. Can graphically display results with CGA, EGA, VGA, and Hercules video adapters. Free. MS-DOS program stored in ZIP format. Use the FTP "binary" option to copy, then PKUNZIP to create the program files. iwgtdps A subdirectory of draft standards and related documents of the IUBS Commission for Plant Taxonomic Databases (otherwise known as "TDWG" after the group's earlier name the "Taxonomic Databases Working Group." workshops A subdirectory containing the reports of NSF-sponsored workshops on scientific computerization. File formats vary, depending on what is made available to us by the workshop organizers. review A subdirectory of manuscripts for review. Critical comments welcomed. iso A subdirectory of ISO standards (as we find them). plant.names A subdirectory of files containing the names of plant taxa being considered for special nomenclatural status under the Names in Current Use Initiative of the IAPT. The data files are arranged in subdirectories according to the major groups of plants. See the README files there for more information. Last update: 5 Nov 1991. maildata.srv An ASCII document describing the operation of an E-mail data server for plant specimen information. The server is currently available for use to query a 16,000 record database of plant specimens collected from Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The E-mail server returns specimen records meeting keyword query criteria sent to it within a standard mail message. It uses whole text indexing techniques and a specimen database in the Ingres RDBMS. We plan to use it for additional databases over the next several months for additional specimen and authority (reference) work information. [Jim Beach, beach@huh.harvard.edu]