The vast databases of natural history collections are increasingly
being made accessible through the internet. The challenge is to place this
data in a wider context that may reach beyond the interests of scholars only.
The North Atlantic Biocultural Organization and Icelandic Institute of Natural
History are jointly developing a web based catalogue of bird bones, comprising
digital images, and related information from the museum database. Linking
the bird bone catalogue with the semantic web developed by STERNA will
integrate the bird bone catalogue with diverse information on birds that is
directed towards the general public.
