How we publish
The review articles are published in three forms:
Webdatabase
The webdatabase is PROTABASE. It is freely accessible on-line. PROTABASE can be searched by:
- scientific name
- vernacular name
- Commodity Group
- Geographical distribution
- free text (searching for any word in the review article)
PROTABASE contains the review articles. The species treated in extended format have a botanical drawing, a distribution map and colour photographs to illustrate the species and its uses. The information presented to the user is drawn from different linked databases:
- AUTHORS containing the names and addresses of editors and authors contributing to PROTA
- REFERENCES containing all checked literature references used to write and edit the review articles including references to the sources used for the linedrawing
- PHOTFILE containing the botanical drawings, colour photographs and distribution maps with corresponding captions; these are collected during the editing process by the Photo Editor.
Book
A book regroups all review articles of a certain Commodity Group. It contains a botanical drawing and a distribution map for species treated in extended format. Colour photographs do not appear in the book. The book has the following sections:
- Contributors; names and addresses of authors and editors
- Introduction; general aspects of that Commodity Group and of the choice of species
- Review articles
- Species with other primary use; listing of species which are treated in other Commodity Groups, but which are being used as the Commodity Group being published
- Literature
- Indexes of scientific and vernacular names
Books are published in English with an orange cover and in French with a green cover.
CD-Rom
This is the off-line version of the webdatabase with similar functionality, covering exactly the same species as the book, but the species are also illustrated with photographs. The CD-Rom is bilingual.
The CD-Rom’s are not marketed separately but only in combination with the book.
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