title: Doc'CISMEF: a search tool based on "encapsulated" MeSH thesaurus.
abstract: In the year 2000, the Internet became a major source of health information for the health professional and the Netizen. The objective of Doc'CISMeF (D'C) was to create a powerful generic search tool based on an structured information model which â  encapsulates' the MeSH thesaurus to index and retrieve quality health resources on the Internet. To index resources, D'C uses four sections in its information model: 'meta-term', keyword, subheading, and resource type. Two search options are available: simple and advanced. The simple search requires the end-user to input a single term or expression. If this term belongs to the D'C information structure model, it will be exploded. If not, a full-text search is performed. In the advanced search, complex searches are possible combining Boolean operators with meta-terms, keywords, subheadings and resource types. D'C uses two standard tools for organising information: the MeSH thesaurus and the Dublin Core metadata format. Resources included in D'C are described according to the following elements: title, author or creator, subject and keywords, description, publisher, date, resource type, format, identifier, and language.
authors.affiliation: Computer and networks department, Rouen University Hospital, 76031 Rouen, France. Stefan.Darmoni@chu-rouen.fr
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mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D003201:Computers; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D012984:Software; D013358:Subject Headings; D014481:United States; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled