Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 12:22:36 -0500
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Subject: NTP UPDATE: New NTP Data Downloads web page now available
Comments: To: SAFETY
New NTP Data Downloads
Have
you ever wanted to combine NTP study data with your research? With
the new NTP Data Downloads web page (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go
/downloads), you can bring NTP data to your desktop by downloading a
few files.
Summary data on all NTP chemicals can be downloaded in
a single file. If you would like more detailed data, you can download an
individual study type. Currently, CHO Cell Cytogenesis,
Drosophila, Micronucleus, Mouse Lymphoma, Rodent Cytogenetics, and
Salmonella study types are the study types available for detailed data
downloads.
NTP plans to add files for the Bioassay,
Developmental, and Immunology study types. Be the first to learn when
new study types and updated data are available by joining the NTP
ListServ (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/g
etnews). NTP will update the data on a quarterly
basis.
Format of NTP Data Downloads The NTP used Extensible
Markup Language (XML) to create these data files. XML is a free,
open standard computer language with a set of rules that encodes
documents in "machine readable" format. The XML files contain the
data; schema files show how that data is organized and
formatted.
Although you can open and read XML and schema files in
a text editor, it is unwieldy to view the downloaded files this way.
Typically, bioinformaticians or computer programmers would use these
files to bring NTP data into your applications or databases. This allows
you to only use the data that you are interested in.
Online
Searching Remains Available! If you have used the NTP Database
Search, it is still available at http://ntp-apps.niehs.nih.
gov/ntp_tox/. This search allows you to view NTP data on a
particular test article or a particular study
online.
Notice The NTP makes no representations and extends no
warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied [for the
downloadable data or schema]. There are no express or implied warranties
of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose.
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