Chinese Oil Plants Information System (Copis): An On-Line Information Store, Query And Management System For Three Chinese Industrial Oil Plants

Researches on Cornus wilsoniana, Ricinus communis, and Symplocos paniculata have generated a large amount of data. In order to assist researchers to store and exchange data efficiently, an on-line interactive platform, called Chinese Oil Plants Information System (COPIS), was developed. The authors collected and organized the data of three Chinese industrial oil plants. The system applied AMP (Apache + PHP + Mysql) Web frame based on the standard Browser/Server of three-layer structure. COPIS has realized data query and real-time update, as well as history records for future tracking. Additionally, it provides several analytical tools for C wilsoniana cultivars. This paper describes the structure and content of COPE; explains functions of the database, introduces several analytical tools and methods through case study, and briefly evaluates the usage of COPIS. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.