Идея и часть содержания этой таблицы заимствованы у M. Dallwitz:
http://delta-intkey.com/www/comparison.htm.
Каждая программа по каждой характеристике получает оценку
(довольно субъективную) в пределах от 0 до максимального веса характеристики,
приведенного в графе "Max. value". Так как веса характеристикам приданы
тоже достаточно субъективно, то и суммарные оценки программ представляют
лишь относительный интерес. Гораздо важнее сравнительный обзор возможностей
различных программ.
Таблица сильно модифицирована: в нее добавлены новые характеристики
(они предложены А.Лобановым и Д.Дмитриевым и выделены в раздел "New features")
и ряд
отсутствовавших в ней программ
(в том числе наши разработки - PICKEY и WebKey-X, а также програма Д.Дмитриева
3I).
Таблица находится в стадии дозаполнения - оценки для новых характеристик
и для добавленных программ обсуждаются и в большинстве случаев
еще не проставлены. Поэтому воспринимать всерьез расположенные внизу суммарные
оценки программ пока нельзя.
Участники проекта решили сделать перевод этой таблицы на русский язык и
пересмотреть набор характеристик со своей точки зрения. Поэтому приводимая
таблица во всех отношениях является предварительной и далеко незавершенной.
В таблицу включены следующие программы:
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FEATURES | Max. value | WEBKEY_X | PICKEY | DMITR_3I | FLORA_SRCH | INTKEY | LUCID | MEKA | POLLYCLAVE | IDENTIFYIT | VISUAL_KEY | NAVIKEY | XID | DAP | DAWI |
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NEW FEATURES | |||||||||||||||
Use of conventional DB | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark non working states (instead of removing) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Show the number of taxa that can be identified by each state | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Possibility to create different keys from same datamatrix | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Multilanguage keys (all text on several languages) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Storing synonymies names (and search for those names) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Can be used on both Mac and PC computers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Search in Internet for additional information on the taxon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Store and search in list of literature with links to taxa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Store and search for additional information for hosts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Store and search for distribution with maps | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ADVANTAGES OVER CONVENTIONAL KEYS | |||||||||||||||
Unrestricted character use | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Character deletion and changing | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Error tolerance | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Locating errors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Expressing uncertainty | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Numeric characters | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GUIDANCE IN CHARACTER SELECTION | |||||||||||||||
Character maps | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best characters | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Separating a taxon | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Best routes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DIFFERENTIATING ATTRIBUTES | |||||||||||||||
Removing redundant characters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
REMOVING REDUNDANT CHARACTER STATES | |||||||||||||||
Character reliabilities | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Attribute reliabilities | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Searching the character list | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RECORDING AND MATCHING CHARACTER VALUES | |||||||||||||||
Retaining unknowns | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Character dependencies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Automatic controlling characters | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gaps for integer numerics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Text characters | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special values for keys | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probabilistic identification | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inapplicable versus unknown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Expanded ranges for numerics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown state values | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Exact characters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fixing character values | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SUBSETS | |||||||||||||||
Named subsets of characters | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Global subsets of characters | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Local subsets of characters | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Named subsets of taxa | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Global subsets of taxa | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Local subsets of taxa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CHARACTER INTERPRETATION | |||||||||||||||
Character notes | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Glossaries | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Character illustrations | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
State selection from illustrations | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IMAGES AND SOUNDS | |||||||||||||||
Taxon illustrations | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Taxon illustrations by subject | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Flexible display of illustrations | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Text with illustrations | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sounds | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Videos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Running without illustrations | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LINKED KEYS | |||||||||||||||
Integral hierarchical keys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Separate hierarchical keys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL | |||||||||||||||
Searching the taxon names | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Descriptions from the data | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Differences between taxa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Similarities between taxa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Diagnostic descriptions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taxon retrieval by attributes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Control of value matching | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Character-value distributions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Most similar taxa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Text files attached to taxa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DATA SHARING | |||||||||||||||
Importing DELTA format | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Exporting DELTA format | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data output | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Links with description writing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Links with key generation | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Links with classification | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
USEABILITY | |||||||||||||||
Online help | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Command files or macros | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
User-definable toolbar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
External program text | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Log files | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unlimited data size | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Unlimited field lengths | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
No special memory requirements | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fast execution | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Internet capability | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Installation unnecessary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
SUM of FEATURES ESTIMATION |
304 | 84 | 144 | 195 | 0 | 227 | 133 | 62 | 94 | 56 | 101 | 71 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
А.Л.Лобанов, М.Б.Дианов,
А.Г.Кирейчук, А.Т.Вахитов
декабрь 2005 г.