Sistema informativo sulle strutture operanti nel settore delle biotecnologie in Italia

Within the realization programme of National Observatory (ONBB), the National Committee for the Bioemergency and Biotechnology (CNBB) has committed to our Institute, in close collaboration with the Institute for Industrial Promotion (IPI) of the Ministry for Productive Activities, the planning and execution of a prototypal information system (SIB) which could allow the networking of all useful information in the field of biotechnology, both on a national and international level. In this technical report the attention is focused on the criteria along which the map of the structures and the whole architecture of the system have been constructed.