Facts and Comparisons expands data licensing initiative
The four datasets now available in eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format include the A-Z Drug Facts, a concise and comprehensive prescribing guide on over 2800 medications; The American Drug Index, a detailed drug dictionary of brand names and manufacturers with over 22,000 drug entries; Drug Interaction Facts, a guide to over 20,000 drug interactions; and The Review of Natural Products, a primary literature referenced herbal guide detailing over 350 natural products.
"Our XML initiative was a result of client request and market trends," said John Levon, e-Commerce Business Development Manager at Facts and Comparisons. " We modified our SGML data into XML within weeks, as opposed to months or years, to demonstrate our commitment to providing clients with the content they need in a format they can use."
"XML is quickly becoming a standard for electronic content delivery," said Doug Rudder, SGML expert and XML programmer for Facts and Comparisons. "We are utilizing this technology to continue to provide timely and integral drug information to the health care community."
The Facts and Comparisons' Data Licensing Series (DLS) acts as a resource for drug, interaction, herbal and consumer information. The DLS also includes tablet/capsule images, chemical structures and a lab value analyser that covers drug, disease and situational factors that can alter over 100 common lab values.
In addition to XML, the DLS is available in a wide variety of other formats including (HTML), MS Word, and delimited ASCII files for database population.