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. 2012 Feb 13;2012:bas005. doi: 10.1093/database/bas005

Table 2.

Example of evaluation of a potential resource found in PMC archive

RDP actions Example result
Use pattern matching to find in full text URL: http://nbase.biology.gatech.edu
Use script to download the page and extract the page title Name: NBase, Neisseria Meningitidis Online Database
Submit extracted text to public NIFSTD web service (tags indicate type of the annotated words) Partial page content:

  • NBase, a database of Neisseria genomes created by the Jordan Lab in the School of Biology, GIT, funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to advance research into the genetic causes of virulence in N. meningitidis Neisseria meningitidis is a gram-negative encapsulated bacterium that is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis worldwide

  • Annotated content:

  • ‘NBase A <span class="nifAnnotation" data-nif="Database, nlx_res_20090405, resource|Databases, nlx_res_20090405, resource">database</span> of Neisseria <span class="nifAnnotation" data-nif="Genomics, nlx_inv_100629,| genome,SO_0001026,| Genomics,nlx_200905_433,"> genomes </span> created by the Jordan <span class="nifAnnotation" data-nif="Lab,652930, gene-invertebrates|Lab, 100147702, gene-invertebrates|lab,40817, gene-invertebrates">Lab</span> in the School of <span class="nifAnnotation" data-nif="Biology, nlx_inv_100612,">Biology</span>, GIT, <span class="nifAnnotation" data-nif="Funding, nlx_res_20090107,resource">funded</span> by <span class="nifAnnotation" data-nif="Centers for disease control and prevention, nlx_inv_1005036, institution|disease, DOID_4,|Disease, birnlex_11013,">Centers for Disease Control and </span>Prevention to advance research into the … meningitidis Neisseria meningitidis is a gram-negative encapsulated bacterium that is the <span class="nifAnnotation" data-nif="lead,, toxin|Lead,,toxin"> leading </span> cause of <span class="nifAnnotation" data-nif="bacterial meningitis, DOID_9470, disease| meningitis, DOID_9471, disease|Meninges, nlx_anat_090204, anatomical_structure">bacterial meningitis</span> worldwide’
Extract all nlx_res_tags and count Possible Type for the entire page: Databases=3 Data=2 Funding=1

The web service discussed above is linked to and documented in NIF's developers’ section http://neuinfo.org/developers.