| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for generating a set of description information describing aspects of an entity involves causing an information image bearing at least one element of the set of description information to be displayed to an operator, associating at least one image portion including the at least one element of the set of description information in the information image with at least one pre-defined information field of a data record, in response to user- input defining the at least one image portion, performing a function on the at least one image portion to produce a machine readable representation of the at least one image portion, storing the at least one machine readable representation in a corresponding at least one predefined information field and sending a data packet representing an electronic data record holding the set of description information to a record database for storage therein, wherein the data packet comprises the at least one pre-defined information field with the machine readable representation stored therein. The server includes functionality for avoiding duplicate records. Web-based access may be provided to the database to permit queries of the database to use the information stored in the records.</p> |
