IDISK: the integrated DIetary Supplements Knowledge base.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To build a knowledge base of dietary supplement (DS) information, called the integrated DIetary Supplement Knowledge base (iDISK), which integrates and standardizes DS-related information from 4 existing resources.

Materials and methods

iDISK was built through an iterative process comprising 3 phases: 1) establishment of the content scope, 2) development of the data model, and 3) integration of existing resources. Four well-regarded DS resources were integrated into iDISK: The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, the "About Herbs" page on the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center website, the Dietary Supplement Label Database, and the Natural Health Products Database. We evaluated the iDISK build process by manually checking that the data elements associated

SUBMITTER: Rizvi RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7075538 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature