Table 1.
Classification of datasets for remote management system (RMS)
| Classification of datasets | Attributes and contents | Administrators |
|---|---|---|
| Static data | Names of the village, codes, geographic locations (latitude and longitude), basic hardware attributes, physical properties, and manufacturers, batch number, basic parameters in each township of 368 counties and 73 cities (prefectures) in 9 echinococcosis epidemic provinces (regions), etc | National administrators |
| Optional data | Hardware ID, information of PZQ baits | Provincial/municipal/county administrators |
| Information of owner, village administrator, and dog; | Village administrators | |
| Baseline information of echinococcosis epidemic in 2012–2016; etc | Provincial/municipal/county administrators | |
| Real-time data | Temperature and power information of smart collars and feeders; dog's location; information of deworming, reminder, alarm, video recording, and uploading, etc | Updating by RMS automatically |
| Basic data such as dog faeces information children's information, Serum information, intermediate host information | Township/village’s administrators | |
| Test results of dog faeces, children's serum; ultrasound screening results; test results of the intermediate host, etc | Provincial/municipal/county administrators | |
| Matching the information of dogs, owners, smart collars or feeders, and township/village’ s administrators, etc | Township/village administrators | |
| Other inputting information and command to be executed and matched, e.g. adjusting the time, period and dosage of delivering PZQ baits, etc | Provincial/municipal administrators | |
| Inputting or activation of the information of administrator | Provincial/municipal/county/township administrators |