WDMET Numeric and Descriptive Data User Interface Development Project

Abstract

The TRAUMABASE project ending in 1990 attempted to develop a hypertext style interface to access the unique multimedia WDMET data set on combat trauma. Data were reentered and a visual interface was completed. There were no links to multimedia as originally envisioned and the browser lacked good search capabilities. The TRAUMABASE data set currently exist in a Macintosh based 4th Dimension database, a set of ASCII delimited text files, and in PC based Paradox tables. The current project assessed the best approach for improving accessibility while preserving availability of the data in the future. It was decided that current data formats were sufficient and that the best use of project resources would be to concentrate on user interface development to produce a usable browser with good query capabilities. Since the standard USUHS computer is a PC compatible they are common throughout the government, a PC development platform was chosen. Borland Delphi, a visual interface development product tightly integrated with Paradox was used to produce a WDMET Browser visually similar to the original forms, with complete query capabilities using the existing Paradox tables.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA286979

Entities

People

  • Richard K. Pruett

Organizations

  • Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Hard Copy
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • User Interface
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Database Systems and Applications