DERMATOLOGY INFORMATION RESOURCE ON OPTICAL DISC

描述(改编自申请人摘要)：本建议书描述 需要做的工作是证明提供一个 皮肤科(特别是皮肤癌)的信息资源 光盘。这是一项由I.S.Grupe共同实施的努力， Inc.，一家信息检索和数据库公司，拥有 转包给苏兹伯格皮肤病教育研究所， 美国科学院的全资非营利性子公司 皮肤科。学院和研究所已经开发出 与这种产品密切相关的数据库，而ISG已经 确定的公共领域数据库和教科书将是 恰如其分。该研究所收集了一批合适的 存储为照片、激光光盘模拟文件和数字文件的图像。 ISG和该研究所此前曾合作探索 光盘作为皮肤科疾病传播媒介的应用 信息。基于这些广泛的资源和先前的共同努力， 项目组相信，第一阶段可以实现雄心勃勃的目标 演示了一个可操作的多媒体光盘原型系统。 虽然数据库已多次存储在光盘上，但这项建议 资源需要开发一套完全集成的 文本(从参考书目到结构化再到全面测试)和 在单一控制下的光盘上的高质量图像 完善的软件系统。

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.