Where responders chose two or more items in a question, their vote was divided by the number of choices they made, e.g. 2 choices each were counted as 0.5. User comments are reported on a separate page.
1. Professional Affiliation (choose one) 10 20% Industry 29 58% Academic 9 18% Government 2 4% Other affiliations ===== ==== 50 100%About the same as last year.
2. Priority for UM-BBD development (choose one)
33 66% More breadth (more pathways, reactions, and/or compounds)
17 34% More depth (more information on each pathway, reaction
and/or compound, or more features, such as search options)
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50 100%
Two respondents selected both. For the fourth year in a row, uses feel
we most need more breath (more pathways).
3. What additional feature, format, or type of information would
be most helpful? (choose one)
6 12% More higher-level pathways (metapathways) which
summarize information from several UM-BBD pathways.
15 30% Ability to enter a compound structure and see structurally
similar UM-BBD compounds
28.5 57% Ability to predict biodegradation pathway(s) for
compounds not in the UM-BBD
0.5 6% UM-BBD on a CD-ROM
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50 100%
Users would find predictive ability and structure searching most useful.
Few gave priority to metapathways or UM-BBD on a CD-ROM.
4. What additional feature, format, or type of information
would you or your institution or organization be most
willing to pay to use? (choose one)
22 47% Nothing
2 4% More higher-level pathways (metapathways) which
summarize information from several UM-BBD pathways.
4 9% Ability to enter a compound structure and see structurally
similar UM-BBD compounds
9 19% Ability to predict biodegradation pathway(s) for
compounds not in the UM-BBD
10 21% UM-BBD on a CD-ROM
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47 100%
Almost half of users would not pay for additional functions. The others
would be most willing to pay for predictive ability or a UM-BBD CD-ROM.
5. What is the most useful type of UM-BBD information for you?
(choose one)
20.8 41.6% Pathways and Metapathways (text, graphics, significance
statements, links to organism information, dynamic pathway
generation)
20.3 40.6% Reaction (text, graphics, links to literature, sequences,
enzymes)
3 6% Compound (text, graphics, formula, CAS Reg. Number, links)
5.8 11.6% Useful Internet Resources page
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50 100%
Pathway and reaction information remain most useful.
6. What is your primary use for the database now? (choose one) 13 26% Research 7 14% Research and Development 0 0% Development 3 6% Development and Education 2 4% Education 29 38% Research and Education 6 12% Other use === ==== 50 100%As in past years, research is the major use.
7. Any other comments, suggestions for pathways to include, etc.
Page Author(s): Lynda Ellis
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