Genetic Resources Information System

1. Genetic Resources
Information system
GRIS
Kheder Durah, Hani SIMO
IPGRI-CW ANA
May, 10, 2004

2. Contents
• What is GRIS ?
• How does GRIS work?
• What are the Tools needed to use GRIS?
• What is the design manager ?
• GRIS Website.
• What's new in this GRIS version ?
• What about GRIS future?

3. What is GRIS?

4. What is GRIS?
( Genetic Resources Information System (GRIS
is as a modeling tool to document, manage, visualize
and disseminate data on in-Situ and ex-Situ plant
genetic resources including GIS components and
indigenous knowledge
• GRIS captures information and I/K
about:
– Taxonomy
– Site Information
– Geographical Surveys
– Collected Samples
– Germplasm Management
– Exchange Germplasm Data

5. How does GRIS work?
• In addition GRIS helps with:
– Monitoring number of seeds /accession
– Monitoring seed viability
– Estimating regeneration date

6. How does GRIS work?

7. How does GRIS work?
Now the researchers
are able to
use GRIS in two
different ways
GRIS
Normal Mode e-Mode

8. How does GRIS work?
• Normal Mode: Where you can use GRIS
according to the following steps...
GRIS
Normal
Mode
1. Enter Taxonomy information.
2. Enter Site Information.
3. Enter Geographical Surveys information.
4. Enter Collected Samples information.
5. Enter Germplasm Management
information.

9. How does GRIS work?
• Normal Mode: Where you can use GRIS
according to the following steps...
GRIS
Normal
Mode
1. Enter Taxonomy information.
2. Enter Site Information.
3. Enter Geographical Surveys information.
4. Enter Collected Samples information.
5. Enter Germplasm Management
information.

10. How does GRIS work?
• Normal Mode: Where you can use GRIS
according to the following steps...
GRIS
Normal
Mode
1. Enter Taxonomy information.
2. Enter Site Information.
3. Enter Geographical Surveys information.
4. Enter Collected Samples information.
5. Enter Germplasm Management
information.

11. How does GRIS work?
• Normal Mode: Where you can use GRIS
according to the following steps...
GRIS
Normal
Mode
1. Enter Taxonomy information.
2. Enter Site Information.
3. Enter Geographical Surveys information.
4. Enter Collected Samples information.
5. Enter Germplasm Management
information.

12. How does GRIS work?
• Normal Mode: Where you can use GRIS
according to the following steps...
GRIS
Normal
Mode
1. Enter Taxonomy information.
2. Enter Site Information.
3. Enter Geographical Surveys information.
4. Enter Collected Samples information.
5. Enter Germplasm Management
information.

13. How does GRIS work?
• Normal Mode: Where you can use GRIS
according to the following steps...
GRIS
Normal
Mode
1. Enter Taxonomy information.
2. Enter Site Information.
3. Enter Geographical Surveys information.
4. Enter Collected Samples information.
5. Enter Germplasm Management
information.

14. How does GRIS work?
• e-Mode: Where the researchers can use the
PDA to enter the information.
GRIS
• When the researchers go back to the lab, they
should connect the PDA with GRIS, and then
the GRIS would do the rest.
e-Mode
• GRIS would generate all the information
suitable to the data entered by PDA.
• GRIS also allows the user to verify all the
PDA contents before update the Database.
• In e-Mode you can enter all “normal mode”
information with just one step..

15. How does GRIS work?
• e-Mode: Where the researchers can use the
PDA to enter the information.
GRIS
• When the researchers go back to the lab, they
should connect the PDA with GRIS, and then
the GRIS would do the rest.
e-Mode
• GRIS would generate all the information
suitable to the data entered by PDA.
• GRIS also allows the user to verify all the
PDA contents before update the Database.
• In e-Mode you can enter all “normal mode”
information with just one step..

16. How does GRIS work?
• e-Mode: Where the researchers can use the
PDA to enter the information.
GRIS
• When the researchers go back to the lab, they
should connect the PDA with GRIS, and then
the GRIS would do the rest.
e-Mode
• GRIS would generate all the information
suitable to the data entered by PDA.
• GRIS also allows the user to verify all the
PDA contents before update the Database.
• In e-Mode you can enter all “normal mode”
information with just one step..

17. How does GRIS work?
• e-Mode: Where the researchers can use the
PDA to enter the information.
GRIS
• When the researchers go back to the lab, they
should connect the PDA with GRIS, and then
the GRIS would do the rest.
e-Mode
• GRIS would generate all the information
suitable to the data entered by PDA.
• GRIS also allows the user to verify all the
PDA contents before update the Database.
• In e-Mode you can enter all “normal mode”
information with just one step..

18. How does GRIS work?
• e-Mode: Where the researchers can use the
PDA to enter the information.
GRIS
• When the researchers go back to the lab, they
should connect the PDA with GRIS, and then
the GRIS would do the rest.
e-Mode
• GRIS would generate all the information
suitable to the data entered by PDA.
• GRIS also allows the user to verify all the
PDA contents before update the Database.
• In e-Mode you can enter all “normal mode”
information with just one step..

19. How does GRIS work?
• Most of GRIS sections make use of GIS
(Geographical Information Systems) for
Distribution maps for collection surveys,
surveyed sites, and collected samples.

20. How does GRIS work?
• the user can print reports and search and
save the search results in all sections.

21. What are the Tools needed to
use GRIS?

22. What are the Tools needed to use GRIS?
• PDA Palm unit for digital survey forms: In the latest
version of GRIS you can use the e-survey to add
Taxonomy, Site, Geographical Surveys and Collected
Samples Information Automatically by PDA.
• PDA Palm unit for stock control: GRIS can check the
stock control and adjust it using the new technologies
installed by PDA.
• GPS for automatic detection of locations coordinates.
• barcode printer: Printing barcode labels.
• barcode reader: Optical Identification, Automatic Data
Entry/Retrieval.
• Digital Camera to capture high resolution digital images.
• mpeg video cam, this version of GRIS support mpeg
video format .
• Mp3 audio recorder can also be used because this
version support mp3 files

23. What are the Tools needed to use GRIS?
• PDA Palm unit for digital survey forms: In the latest
version of GRIS you can use the e-survey to add
Taxonomy, Site, Geographical Surveys and Collected
Samples Information Automatically by PDA.
• PDA Palm unit for stock control: GRIS can check the
stock control and adjust it using the new technologies
installed by PDA.
• GPS for automatic detection of locations coordinates.
• barcode printer: Printing barcode labels.
• barcode reader: Optical Identification, Automatic Data
Entry/Retrieval.
• Digital Camera to capture high resolution digital images.
• mpeg video cam, this version of GRIS support mpeg
video format .
• Mp3 audio recorder can also be used because this
version support mp3 files

24. What are the Tools needed to use GRIS?
• PDA Palm unit for digital survey forms: In the latest
version of GRIS you can use the e-survey to add
Taxonomy, Site, Geographical Surveys and Collected
Samples Information Automatically by PDA.
• PDA Palm unit for stock control: GRIS can check the
stock control and adjust it using the new technologies
installed by PDA.
• GPS for automatic detection of locations coordinates.
• barcode printer: Printing barcode labels.
• barcode reader: Optical Identification, Automatic Data
Entry/Retrieval.
• Digital Camera to capture high resolution digital images.
• mpeg video cam, this version of GRIS support mpeg
video format .
• Mp3 audio recorder can also be used because this
version support mp3 files

25. What are the Tools needed to use GRIS?
• PDA Palm unit for digital survey forms: In the latest
version of GRIS you can use the e-survey to add
Taxonomy, Site, Geographical Surveys and Collected
Samples Information Automatically by PDA.
• PDA Palm unit for stock control: GRIS can check the
stock control and adjust it using the new technologies
installed by PDA.
• GPS for automatic detection of locations coordinates.
• barcode printer: Printing barcode labels.
• barcode reader: Optical Identification, Automatic Data
Entry/Retrieval.
• Digital Camera to capture high resolution digital images.
• mpeg video cam, this version of GRIS support mpeg
video format .
• Mp3 audio recorder can also be used because this
version support mp3 files

26. What are the Tools needed to use GRIS?
• PDA Palm unit for digital survey forms: In the latest
version of GRIS you can use the e-survey to add
Taxonomy, Site, Geographical Surveys and Collected
Samples Information Automatically by PDA.
• PDA Palm unit for stock control: GRIS can check the
stock control and adjust it using the new technologies
installed by PDA.
• GPS for automatic detection of locations coordinates.
• barcode printer: Printing barcode labels.
• barcode reader: Optical Identification, Automatic Data
Entry/Retrieval.
• Digital Camera to capture high resolution digital images.
• mpeg video cam, this version of GRIS support mpeg
video format .
• Mp3 audio recorder can also be used because this
version support mp3 files

27. What are the Tools needed to use GRIS?
• PDA Palm unit for digital survey forms: In the latest
version of GRIS you can use the e-survey to add
Taxonomy, Site, Geographical Surveys and Collected
Samples Information Automatically by PDA.
• PDA Palm unit for stock control: GRIS can check the
stock control and adjust it using the new technologies
installed by PDA.
• GPS for automatic detection of locations coordinates.
• barcode printer: Printing barcode labels.
• barcode reader: Optical Identification, Automatic Data
Entry/Retrieval.
• Digital Camera to capture high resolution digital images.
• mpeg video cam, this version of GRIS support mpeg
video format .
• Mp3 audio recorder can also be used because this
version support mp3 files

28. What are the Tools needed to use GRIS?
• PDA Palm unit for digital survey forms: In the latest
version of GRIS you can use the e-survey to add
Taxonomy, Site, Geographical Surveys and Collected
Samples Information Automatically by PDA.
• PDA Palm unit for stock control: GRIS can check the
stock control and adjust it using the new technologies
installed by PDA.
• GPS for automatic detection of locations coordinates.
• barcode printer: Printing barcode labels.
• barcode reader: Optical Identification, Automatic Data
Entry/Retrieval.
• Digital Camera to capture high resolution digital images.
• mpeg video cam, this version of GRIS support mpeg
video format .
• Mp3 audio recorder can also be used because this
version support mp3 files

29. What are the Tools needed to use GRIS?
• PDA Palm unit for digital survey forms: In the latest
version of GRIS you can use the e-survey to add
Taxonomy, Site, Geographical Surveys and Collected
Samples Information Automatically by PDA.
• PDA Palm unit for stock control: GRIS can check the
stock control and adjust it using the new technologies
installed by PDA.
• GPS for automatic detection of locations coordinates.
• barcode printer: Printing barcode labels.
• barcode reader: Optical Identification, Automatic Data
Entry/Retrieval.
• Digital Camera to capture high resolution digital images.
• mpeg video cam, this version of GRIS support mpeg
video format .
• Mp3 audio recorder can also be used because this
version support mp3 files.

30. What is the design manager?

31. What is the design manager?
• This section provides an important service
to the GRIS by allowing the user to :
1. Design additional forms for
characterization and evaluation.
2. Enter information to these new forms.
3. Searching and filtering.
4. Printing information.
• And so, anyone can add new values to this
program (forms, reports and queries).

32. GRIS Website

33. GRIS Website Prototype
• News • About GRIS
• Activity • Fact sheet.
• Events • Licenses.
• What's New • How it works
• Search
• Sitemap
• Contact us
•Live Help
• Downloads:
• Links
• Last version
• Patches
• Manual
•Plants’ Taxonomy
• HTML, DOC & PDF
Database .

34. What's new in GRIS v3.1
version?

35. What's new in GRIS ?
• New Features added to GRIS v3.1:
– e-Survey.
– Send/Receive Accessions' Database to
PDA Unit, and stock control.
– Publish Passport Database.
– Upload Passport Database to GRIS
website.
– Backup and restore system.
– Support MP3 Audio (mp3) format and
MPEG Video format (mpg).

36. What about the future?

37. What about future?
• It is too important for GRIS future to keep using the newest programming
technologies and tools which offer new services to the users:
– Multiple platform (Windows, Linux, etc)
– Multi-user database using client/server architecture.
– Multi-lingual using Dynamic Language Definition technology (DLD).
– Artificial Intelligence and DSS technologies are used to develop a simulation
model for population growth of a species in a particular geographical area.
– Open Source technology are used in order to rationalize the costs and sustain
future GRIS developments by National Partners.
– XML data exchange.
– Windows SharePoint Services tools used for collaboration with partners.
• Now we are going to watch a video scene explaining this new technology.

38. Genetic Resources
Information system
GRIS
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Kheder Durah, Hani SIMO
IPGRI-CW ANA
May, 10, 2004