DERMATOLOGY INFORMATION RESOURCE ON OPTICAL DISC

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：本提案描述了 为证明提供一个 皮肤科信息资源（特别是皮肤癌）， 光盘。 这是一项由I.S. 格鲁普， Inc. (ISG)，一家信息检索和数据库公司， 苏兹伯格皮肤病教育研究所， 美国科学院的全资非营利子公司， 皮肤科 学院和研究所已经开发了 数据库，这将是密切相关的这样一个产品，和ISG有 确定了公共领域的数据库和教科书， 适当研究所收集了一批合适的 图像存储为照片、激光盘模拟文件和数字文件。 ISG和该研究所此前曾共同探索 CD-ROM作为皮肤病学资料分发媒介的实用性 信息. 基于这些广泛的资源和先前的共同努力， 项目组认为，第一阶段可以实现雄心勃勃的目标， 演示一个可操作的多媒体光盘原型系统。 尽管数据库已经多次存储在CD-ROM上， 资源需要开发一个全面综合的收集， 文本（从书目到结构化到完整测试）， 高质量的图像在光盘的控制下，一个单一的 全面的软件系统。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from Applicant's Abstract):This proposal describes the work to be done to demonstrate the feasibility of providing an infomation resource for dermatology (skin cancer, in particular) on optical disc. It is a joint effort to be carried out by I.S. Grupe, Inc. (ISG), an information retrieval and database company, with a subcontract to the Sulzberger institute for Dermatologic Education, a wholly-owned, not-for-profit subsidiary of the American Academy of Dermatology. The Academy and the Institute have already developed databases that would be germane to such a product, and ISG has identified public domain databases and textbooks that would be appropriate. The Institute has amassed a suitable collection of images stored as photographs, laserdisc analog files and digital files. ISG and the institute have previously worked together in exploring the utility of CD-ROM as a medium for distribution of dermatologic information. Based on these extensive resources and prior joint effort, the project team believes that Phase I can attain the ambitious goal of demonstrating an operational multi-media optical disc prototype system. Though databases havebeen stored on CD-ROM many times, this proposed resource require the development of a fully integrated collection of text (ranging from bibliographic to structured to full-test) and high-quality images on optical disc under the control of a single comprehensive software system.