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 counted as 0.5. User comments are reported on a separate page.
1. Professional Affiliation (choose one)
16 24% Industry
42 62% Academic
9 13% Government
1 1% Other affiliation, please specify
independent consultant
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68 100%
User affiliation percentages are similar to those of last year.
2. Priority for UM-BBD development (choose one)
39 58% More breadth (more pathways, reactions, and/or
compounds)
28 42% More depth (more information on each pathway,
reaction and/or compound, or more features, such as
search options)
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67 100%
Two respondants selected both. For the second 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)
17 25% More higher-level pathways (metapathways) which
summarize information from several UM-BBD pathways.
22 33% Ability to enter a compound structure and see structually
similar UM-BBD compounds
0 0% Faster page loading
27 40% Ability to predict biodegradation pathway(s) for
compounds not in the UM-BBD
1 1% UM-BBD on a CD-ROM
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67 99%
Users would find predictive ability, structure searching,
and metapathways most useful. Few or none gave priority to
UM-BBD on a CD-ROM or faster page loading.
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)
30 45% Nothing
8 12% More higher-level pathways (metapathways) which
summarize information from several UM-BBD pathways.
6 9% Ability to enter a compound structure and see structually
similar UM-BBD compounds
0 0% Faster page loading
13 19% Ability to predict biodegradation pathway(s) for
compounds not in the UM-BBD
10 15% UM-BBD on a CD-ROM
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67 100%
Almost half of users would not pay for additional functions.
The others would be most willing to pay for predictive ability,
structure searching, metapathways, or a UM-BBD CD-ROM.
5. What is the most useful type of UM-BBD information for you?
(choose one)
43.7 66% Pathways and Metapathways (text, graphics, significance
statements, links to organism information, dynamic
pathway generation)
12 18% Reaction (text, graphics, links to literature,
sequences, enzymes)
7 11% Compound (text, graphics, formula, CAS Reg. Number,
links)
3.3 5% Useful Internet Resources page
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66 100%
Pathway information is most useful.
6. What is your primary use for the database now? (choose one) 24 35% Research 17 25% Research and Development 4 6% Development 0 0% Development and Education 4 6% Education 16 24% Research and Education 3 4% Other use, please specify == ==== 68 100%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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