Bird Biodiversity Information System in Indonesia Based on Web Semantic

Abstract

Web technology has developed rapidly, began with Web 1.0, until the latest Web 3.0. The concept of Web 3.0 is more focused on semantic web which refers to the ability of computers application to understand human language better, not only the standard language of the users but also to more complex language. Biodiversity is being intensively discussed by researchers in the world due to climate change in earth. These researchers need data from various parties regarding the biodiversity, in this case is about birds, to be able to anticipate many bird conservation problems due to changes in the earth conditions. But often, a variety information on bird biodiversity web generally only serve as information and does not provide data that can be exploited by others. This Bird Biodiversity Information System based on Semantic Web not only has function to entry new bird data, but also able to convert the data into RDF (Resource Description Framework) form and shows the results of queries based on the keyword given by user. RDF is a language for processing metadata, where metadata can be encoded, exchanged and used in the web. This system is made by using combination of software that supports the development of a dynamic and interactive website which is PHP, MySQL, RDF API for PHP and Apache Server.