Development of a toxin knowledge system. Annual summary report, 6 April 1987-5 April 1988

Technical Report · Sun May 15 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6542099

Trammel, H L

The Toxin Knowledge System (TKS) is being developed to provide rapidly accessible, up-to-date knowledge about low molecular weight toxins. This system will integrate facts from published literature into monographs on individual toxins. Development utilizes a relational data-base management system and associated fourth-generation programming language on minicomputer. It uses a standard knowledge structure, structured abstracting processes, standard nomenclature systems, and computer-generated structured monographs. This system exploits the structured style of scientific writing to collect information on low-molecular-weight toxins and store this information in structured form. The application guides the abstractor in this collection process, facilitating the extraction of similar information from different papers. A sophisticated user interface allows the user to readily add, find, delete, and update data in the system. Currently, TKS manages citation data for both journals and books, has keyword access to entered citations, and can collect information on a paper including the study designs, the subjects and exposure regimens used, and the links to connect this data to the clinical findings reported.

• Research Organization: Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Dept. of Veterinary Biosciences
• OSTI ID: 6542099
• Report Number(s): AD-A-198603/3/XAB; DAMD-17-87-7114
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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TOXINS
ABSTRACTS
INTERFACES
MOLECULAR WEIGHT
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PROGRESS REPORT
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