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Scientific Database and
Virtual Museums
http://www.kepu.net.cn
http://www.sdb.ac.cn
Xiao Yun, Yan Baoping
Computer Network Information Center
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Scientific Database and Virtual Museums
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Background
 Object
 Information Structure
 Project Organization
 Current Status
 Future Plan
 Cooperation
Background -- SDB
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Key engineering project of State Planning
Commission（1986-1995）
 Key project of Chinese Academy of Sciences
（1986-1990）
 Major project of network application of Natural
Science Foundation of China （1995-1996）
 Basic research special support project of
Chinese Academy of Sciences（1991-2000）
Background -- SDB
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The largest Scientific Database in China
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Multi-discipline database, covering:
Information, Computer, Network, Chemistry,
Biology, Astronomy, Material, Corrosion,
Optics and fine mechanics, Natural resources,
Energy, Eco-environment, Limnology, Marsh,
Glaciology, Atmosphere, Ancient climate,
Zoology, Hydro-biology, Remote sensing, etc.
Background -- SDB
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Long R&D period
– From 1986 to the present
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A large number of people involved
– 22 units including CNIC
– 500+ people worked for SDB in the past
– 200+ researchers now still at posts
Background -- SDB
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Awards
– SDB was awarded the First Prize for S&T
Progress of CAS in 1997 and the Second Prize
for National S&T Progress in 1998.
– Those sub-databases won lots of awards
individually.
Background -- SDB
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Data resources (by Dec. 2000)
– 180 specialized databases
– Total volume: 725GB
– 19 web sites on CSTNET
– 153 on-line databases, 327GB
Background -- SDB
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Serve for
– Research
– National Macrodecision-making
– National Economy
– Society
Background -- SDB
Sub-databases of SDB in Chemistry
No.
1
Database Building
SubName of Sub-database
Unit
database
Institute of
8
1)Inorganic Thermochemistry Database
Chemical
2)Aqueous Thermodynamics Database
Metallurgy
3)Non-electrolyte Vapor-liquid
Equilibrium Database
4)Program Package for Equilibrium
Calculation
5)Knowledge-based Organic Properties
Data System
6)Inorganic Properties Estimation
System
7)Polymer Databank
8)Inorganic Crystal Structure Database
2
Research Center for
Eco-environmental
Sciences
7
3
Institute of Applied
Chemistry
3
1) The database on the toxicology of
chemical substances
2)The database of Dangerous Chemical
Safety
3)Material safety data sheets
4)Integrated risk information system
5)Hazardous Substances Data Bank
6)Oil and Hazardous Material, Technical
Assistance Data
7)Chemical
Hazard
Response
Information System
1)Rare Earth Extraction Database
2)Rare Earth Physical Properties
Database
3)C13 NMR Spectra Database
4
Institute of Organic
Chemistry
Total
15
33
1)InfraRed Spectrum Database
2)Compound Name and Structure
Database
3)Mass Spectrum Database
4)Chemical Reaction Database
5)Key
Chemical
Journal
Bibliographic Database
6)Chemical Formula Database
7)Agrochemicals Database
8)Drug Database
9)Chemical Company and Products
10)Chemical Dictionary
11)Hydrophobic Constant (Log P)
Database
12)3D Chemical Structure Database
13)Chemical Products, Property and
Suppliers
14)Chemical Company and Products
( China )
15)3D Structure Database of Natural
Products
Sub-databases of SDB in Biology
No.
1
Database
BuildingUnit
Institute of
Microbiology
SubName of Sub-database
database
13
1)China Catalogue of Strains
2)Economic Fungi of China
3)Inventory of Microbial Species in
China
4)New Species of Fungi in China
5)
China Type Cultures
6)Florarum Cryptogamarum Sinicarum
7)Fungi in Tibet
8)Tropic Fungi in China
9)Bacteria Names
10)Database for Identification GramNegative Bacteria
11)China
node
of
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ
12)Coding Microbiological Data for
Computers
13)China National Node of Microbial
Strain Data Network(MSDN) databases
2
Institute of
Hydrobiology
8
3
Institute of Zoology
2
1)Database of The Freshwater Fishes
2)Database of The Freshwater Algae
3)Database of Aquatic Mammal
4)Database
of
The
Freshwater
Invertebrates
5)Database of Macrophytes of China
6)Database of Parasites of Freshwater
Fish
7)Database of Ecosystem of Inland
Waters of China
8)Database of Distribution of Inland
Waters of China
1）Database of Taxonomic codes of the
China fauna-Vertebrates
2）Database of Species Catalog of the
China fauna
4
Institute of Botany
2
5
Computer
Network
Information Center
6
Total
31
1)China’s Economic Plants Database
2)China’s Special Plants Database
1)Effective ingredients of Chinese
traditional medicine database
2)Basic
information
of
Chinese
traditional medicine database
3)Chinese patent medicine database
4)Chinese traditional medicine database
in English
5)Database of Famous Doctors of
Traditional Chinese Medicine
6)Database of Chinese Medicinal
Cuisine
Sub-databases of SDB in resources & geology
No.
1
Database Building
SubName of Sub-database
Unit
database
Commission for
15
1)Land Resources Database
Integrated Survey of
2)Water Resources Database
Natural Resources .
3)Climate Resources Database
4)Forestry Resources Database
5)Grassland Resources Database
6)Wide Animal and Plant Resources
Database
7)Fishery Resources Database
8)Energy Resources Database
9)Tourism Resources Database
10)Population and Labour Resources
Database
11)Comprehensive Economy Database
12)Agricultural Economy Database
13)Industry Economy Database
14)City Economy Database
15)Environment Database
2
Institute of Remote
Sensing
Applications
5
3
Institute of
Glaciology and
Geocryology
6
1)Raster Graph Database on 1:1,000,000
Scale
2)Raster Graph Database on 1:500,000
Scale
3)Raster Graph Database on 1:250,000
Scale
4)Raster Graph Database on 1:100,000
Scale
5)Image Database of Remote Sensing
Satellite
1)Chinese Glacier Inventory Database
2)The Basic Database of Chinese
Cryosphere Information System
3)Bore Hole Temperature Database
along Qinghai-Tibet Highway
4)Remote sensing Image Database
5)Snow and Ice Database
6)Frozen Soil Database
4
Nanjing Institute of
Geography and
Limnology
8
5
Energy Research
Institute
4
1)Location and Name Database
2)Meteorology and Hydrology Database
3)Biology and Ecology Database
4)Chemistry and Pollution Database
5)Resource Utilization Database
6)Scenery Travelling Database
7)Remote Sensing Image Database
8)Lake Map Database
1)Energy & Economic Database
2)Energy & Technology Database
3)Renewable Energy Database
4)Energy & Environment Database
6
Changchun Institute
of Geography
7
1)Database for background environment
of swamp region in China
2)Database
of
swamp
(wetland)
properties in China
3)Database of peat resource and its
environment about important swamp
4)Database of swamp resources and
environment in key swamp regions
5)Database of Remote sensing image of
main swamp regions
6)Database of map and its properties of
interpretation from remote sensing image
in important swamp region
7)Database of Brief about swamp
(wetland) in China
7
Institute of
Geography
Total
8
53
1)Database of Draught & Flood
Materials from Historical Records
2)Database of Draught & Flood
Materials from Local Chronicles
3)Database of Rain & Snow Records
4)Database of Agricultural Yields
5)Database of Grain Prices
6)Database of Draught & Flood
Materials from Archives during the
“ Republic of China” Period (19121949)
7)Database of Chinese Phenology
8)Database of Materials on Development
of Agriculture & Land Utilization in
Historical Periods
Sub-databases of SDB in other fields
No.
1
2
Database
Sub-data
Name of Sub-database
BuildingUnit
base
Institute of
4
1)Soil Corrosion Database
Corrosion and
2)Atmosphere Corrosion Database
Protection of Metals
3)Sea-water Corrosion Database
4)Corrosion Abstract Database
Institute of Optics
2
1)Optical lens database
& fine Mechanics
2)Optical material database
3
Beijing Observatory
5
4
Institute of
Atmosphere Physics
Personnel Bureau of
CAS
Total
1
5
1
13
1)Celestial Mechanics Database
2)Astrometry Database
3)Chinese Solar-Geophysical Data
Database
4)Astronomical Catalog Database
5)Astronomy&Astrophysics Abstract
and Index
1)Atmospheric & Environmental Science
Data Service System
1)Database of Senior Experts in CAS
Background -- CSTNET
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CSTNET
– The earliest internet in China (1989)
– International link 55Mbps
– 800+ user units, most of those are research
institutes
Virtual Museum
--Application Based on SDB
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One of the most favorite websites on public
understanding of science in china
– Contents of Virtual Museums will cover almost all the
fields of science and technology
– Stress the following features of Virtual Museums
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scientific
systematic
Authoritative
Interesting
– Chinese special contents will be highlighted
– Multimedia such as pictures, audios, videos, interactive
games
– R & D new technology, such as streaming media, Virtual
Reality
Information Structure
China Popular Science Exhibition
Basic
Science
Geoscience
Chinese Plant
Museum
Virtual
Hall
Bioscience
Astronomy
Wild Animals
Museum
Virtual
Hall
Virtual
Hall
….
….
Technology
Dinosaur
Museum
Virtual
Hall
Cross –
Disciplinary
Subjects
Project Organization
CAS
(The Chinese Academy of Science)
Popular Science Committee
Science Database Committee
CNIC
(Computer Network Information Center of CAS)
IB
IAP
BAO
IHB
The Institute
of
Biology
The Institute
Of
Atmospheric
Physics
Beijing
Astronomic
Observatory
The Institute
of
Hydrobiology
……
IM
The Institute of
Microbiology
Current Status（1）
 Chinese
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version virtual museums: 19
Ocean Virtual Museum
Chinese Plant Virtual Museum
Ice and Snow Virtual Museum
Astronomy Virtual Museum
Yarlung Zangbo Canyon Virtual Museum
Atmosphere Virtual Museum
Chinese Insects Virtual Museum
Chinese Earthquake Virtual Museum
Hydrobiology Virtual Museum
Chinese Wild Animals Virtual Museum
Dinosaur Virtual Museum
Current Status（2）
 Chinese
version virtual museums: 19
– Chinese Lakes Virtual Museum
– Acid Rain Virtual Museum
– Science Gate
– Nano Science and Technology
– Chinese Grass Land
– Aviation Virtual Museum
– Chinese Mineral Virtual Museum
– South Pole Virtual Museum
Current Status (3)
 English version virtual museums: 3
– Yarlung Zangbo Canyon Virtual Museum
– Chinese Earthquake Virtual Museum
– Chinese Wild Animals Virtual Museum
 Mirror Sites
– Taiwan
– Dailian City
– Nanjing City
Current Status (4)
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Data
– 1034MB
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Homepage Files
– 25114
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Picture Files
– 36554
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Multimedia Files
– More than 500
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Page View
– More than 10,000
Future Plan
 Develop
more virtual museums in
Chinese version
– We are developing many virtual museums
which cover Chinese Special contents.
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Chinese Typography Virtual Museum
Chinese Pottery Virtual Museum
Chinese Silk Virtual Museum
Chinese Architecture Virtual Museum
Virtual Xishuangbanla Arboretum with vegetables
in Tropic Zone
Chinese National Minority Virtual Museum
Future Plan (2)
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Develop many more virtual museums in English
version
Have more mirror sites which will spread all over
the world
Design and develop some multimedia compact
disks based on the content website
Publish a series of books based on the website
Organize some activities, such as science trips and
science summer camps
Cooperation
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Cooperative Development of Virtual Museums
Cooperative Development of the English Version
of Chinese popular Science Exhibition.
Cooperatively establish mirror sites of China
Popular Science Exhibition
Redevelopment of some valuable Contents, such
as multimedia compact disks or TV products
Mutual Sharing of the Resources
Thank you
China Network Information Center