- From: Daniel Rubin <rubin@med.stanford.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:20:16 -0700
- To: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>, public-semweb-lifesci hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
I might be able to help. But I don't seem able to access the URL you provide. Regards, Daniel ___ Daniel Rubin, MD, MS Clinical Asst. Professor, Radiology Research Scientist, Stanford Medical Informatics Scientific Director, National Center of Biomedical Ontology MSOB X-215 Stanford, CA 94305 650-725-5693 At 10:55 PM 6/26/2007, Alan Ruttenberg wrote: >The DrugDB database, http://www.e-mds.com/solutions/drug_database/ >drugdb.html is open source, and I have applied and received access to >it. The initial format is Microsoft SQL Server backup file, and Colin >Knep from the Alzforum has kindly converted it to MySQL, so it can >either be loaded into MySQL or parsed as text (lots of SQL inserts). > >The goal of the evaluation is to review the contents of the database >and the data model and present it to the group (or find adequate >existing documentation on this), as a preliminary to evaluating >whether we should convert it into RDF. Someone familiar with what is >available in current drug databases and able to assess the quality >and thoroughness of the contents would be very helpful in this effort. > >Let me know if you are interested, and I can give access to the files >(assuming you accept the terms of the license) > >Best, >Alan >
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