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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: DTD/Schema for biological/biomedical datasets
 Hi Karen,
The Human Markup Language being developed by the OASIS
HumanMarkup TC (you can look it up on the OASIS website) will have a
subset called the Human Physical Characteristics Description Markup
Language which will intersect some of what you are looking for, and in
a similar vein, will be including all the existing web, academic and
medical standards, as well as coordinating with the Biometrics TC ,
which I have not followed closely because at the moment we are
finishing up our Primary Base Schema and once we call for the 30-day
public comment period, I will personally be switching over to the
Physical Characteristics Description ML, probably early-mid-Novbember.
If you remember you might want to look us up and contact me then. I
would be happy to work with you on this.
Ciao,
Rex Brooks
At 4:39 PM -0500 10/17/02, Karen Harker wrote:
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 I am a Web Developer/Librarian at UT Southwestern Medical Center Library in Dallas. The center will be conducting a large number of studies regarding bioterrorism in the near future (grant proposals are going out now) and I am considering proposing a project to provide a central repository for the datasets. We have just purchased a portal system (ENCompass) that organizes and searches resources using any DTD/Schema that is appropriate for that resource, and I would like to use that as the structure. Since I don't want to re-invent the wheel, I would like to know if somebody is aware of a DTD or schema that has been developed for these objects, and if so, which would be the best to use. The primary purpose I envision would be to store datasets (most likely after the data has been gathered, but before publication of results), easily find and download datasets based on such parameters as topics, objectives, hypotheses, animal models, exposures, etc., relate datasets with biomedical literature, and to share preliminary results with colleagues. I am aware of a few DTDs, but I'm not sure if any would fit: DDI - for social science & economic research HDF5 - used by NCSA, but mostly on astrophysics Tissue micro array DTD - uses DC, Gene Ontology, RDF, and a self-referenced TMA - is particular to tissue slides. Admittedly, I am only in the environmental scanning stage (who has done what) but I have not found much information. I would like to be more knowledgeable before I approach the big-wigs. Thank you very much for your assistance. Karen R. Harker, MLS -- Rex Brooks
President, CEO, Starbourne Communications Design, Executive Director, Humanmarkup.org, Inc. Vice Chair, Secretary, Webmaster, OASIS HumanMarkup Technical Committee Webmaster, OASIS Web Services for Interactive Applications Technical Committee 
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