Taxonomic tool comparison

In order to compare the most objectively as possible some of the taxonomic tools selected in a previous component (C5.47), 2 knowledge bases, one in zoology and one in botany have been translated into 4 taxonomic programs: Delta-Intkey, Linnaeus, Lucid and Xper2. These bases are available here: For the Delta-Intkey felin knowledge base click here. For the Delta-Intkey pinus knowledge base click here. Just click on the .ink file to open the knowledge bases.
http://lis-upmc.snv.jussieu.fr/edit/sendzip/Linnaeus_Felin_File.zip
http://lis-upmc.snv.jussieu.fr/edit/sendzip/Linnaeus_Pinus_File.zip
http://lis-upmc.snv.jussieu.fr/edit/sendzip/Lucid_Felin_File.zip
http://lis-upmc.snv.jussieu.fr/edit/sendzip/Lucid_Pinus_File.zip
http://lis-upmc.snv.jussieu.fr/edit/sendzip/Xper_Felin_File.zip
http://lis-upmc.snv.jussieu.fr/edit/sendzip/Xper_Pinus_File.zip
You can find more informations about the advanges/drawbacks of each tool on a previous news. To read this news please click here To download or to know more about these tools please look at the following links: For Delta-Intkey (available on Windows): http://delta-intkey.com/www/programs.htm For Linnaeus (available on Windows 98, ME or XP, with at least 32 Mb free RAM memor and Mac OS X 10.1 or higher): http://www.eti.uva.nl/products/linnaeus/obtain.php For Lucid (Multiplatform and Java Virtual Machine needed)):
http://shop.cbit.uq.edu.au/productslist.aspx?CategoryID=2&selection=3
For Xper2 (Multiplatform Windows 9x/XP/Vista Linux Mac OS X and Java Virtual Machine needed):
http://lis-upmc.snv.jussieu.fr/lis/?q=en/resources/softwares/cai/xper2/d...
If you have comments about these tools or feedbacks, I would be interested. Please contact me: kuntzelmann at mnhn.fr