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) 9 18% Industry 31.5 63% Academic 7 14% Government 2.5 5% Other affiliation all consultants ===== ==== 50 100%More consultants and fewer industrial people than last year.
2. Priority for UM-BBD development (choose one)
31.5 63% More breadth (more pathways, reactions, and/or compounds)
18.5 37% More depth (more information on each pathway, reaction
and/or compound, or more features, such as search options)
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50 100%
One respondent selected both. For the third 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)
5.5 11% More higher-level pathways (metapathways) which
summarize information from several UM-BBD pathways.
12.5 25% Ability to enter a compound structure and see structurally
similar UM-BBD compounds
29 58% Ability to predict biodegradation pathway(s) for
compounds not in the UM-BBD
3 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 44% Nothing
1 2% More higher-level pathways (metapathways) which
summarize information from several UM-BBD pathways.
7.5 15% Ability to enter a compound structure and see structurally
similar UM-BBD compounds
9.5 19% Ability to predict biodegradation pathway(s) for
compounds not in the UM-BBD
10 20% UM-BBD on a CD-ROM
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50 100%
Almost half of users would not pay for additional functions. The others
would be most willing to pay for predictive ability, structure searching,
or a UM-BBD CD-ROM.
5. What is the most useful type of UM-BBD information for you?
(choose one)
23.8 47.6% Pathways and Metapathways (text, graphics, significance
statements, links to organism information, dynamic pathway
generation)
14.3 28.6% Reaction (text, graphics, links to literature, sequences,
enzymes)
7 14% Compound (text, graphics, formula, CAS Reg. Number, links)
4.8 9.6% Useful Internet Resources page
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50 100%
Pathway information remains most useful, followed by reaction and compound
information.
6. What is your primary use for the database now? (choose one) 18 36% Research 10 20% Research and Development 1 2% Development 0 0% Development and Education 5 10% Education 14 28% Research and Education 1 2% Other use regulatory use === ==== 49 100%As in past years, research is the major use.
7. The NSF funding which allowed the UM-BBD to grow to its present size and functionality will end on June 30, 1999. Our next goal is development of a system to predict biodegradation pathways for compounds the UM-BBD does not contain. We are collecting letters from UM-BBD users on the value of such a prediction system. Are you willing to write such a letter? 27 57% YES 20 43% NO == ==== 47 100%
8. Any other comments, suggestions for pathways to include, etc.
Page Author(s): Lynda Ellis
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