title: A Hypercard program for the identification of biological specimens.
abstract: A Hypercard-based software tool developed to provide help in the identification of biological specimens is presented. The package implements a matching algorithm that compares alphanumeric strings and runs on Macintosh computers, though its simple architecture can be transferred to other computers and/or other programming environments. The overall performance of the program and its easy customization to specific problems are demonstrated by discussing at length one application in the field of earthworm identification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colosimo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rota
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Omodeo
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D008838:Microcomputers; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000145:classification; D012984:Software; D013045:Species Specificity; D014584:User-Computer Interface