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4 The Data Base Concept
4 The Data Base Concept
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Faced with increasing reliance on computers and computer networks exclusively for day-today activities, many professionals have achieved a tremendous level of improvement in their understanding of the mechanisms and capabilities of these systems. Advancements in both the technology and users' understanding of data base systems have resulted in the development of many useful networks of information exchange.
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was organized at Utah State University in 1972. The concept of a feed data base functioning as a tool for the
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Research scientists, practicing agricultural professionals, producers, and educators relied heavily on the feed composition data base, first developed by CAN subcommittees and augmented by IFI at Utah State University. Inclusion of feed composition data in NRC's nutrient requirement publications was a touchstone for the science of animal feeding.
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Telecommunications capability has become widespread, making access to a network a fairly effortless task. On the basis of the experience gained from the operation of the former feed data base and critical evaluation of other, similar data bases, several design options exist for the new North American feed information system.
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Conversely, a North American feed information system has relied on voluntary data contributions, reports, and values from the published literature for its data. A better method of securing the type of data relevant to a North American feed information system is to commission data from companies, government agencies, and organizations within the industry responsible for developing, manufacturing, producing, and supplying feeds, in addition to using voluntarily contributed, valid data.
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NDL is in the strategic planning phase of this modification; Options for networking NDL data base or the proposed North American feed information system include the following: 1. a centralized data base system at a central location for data input and maintenance of the system by system staff, 2.
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posed six practical questions for consideration when evaluating a nutrient data base. In establishing the criteria for the development of a North American feed information system, the subcommittee applied these questions to the former feed data base and used their answers as a guide for identifying deficiencies, proposing solutions, and developing the recommendations presented in this report.
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Data bases like GRIN and the National Nutrient Data Bank are prime examples of progress from data printed in tabular form, limited in scope to the number of columns that could fit on a printed page and containing tables categorized by topic with no tabular integration possible, to interactive systems containing current, reliable information. Partnerships between technical information networks and the industries that use them are successful endeavors, as is apparent in the French Feed Data Base system.
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