title: The new on-line Czech Food Composition Database.
abstract: The new on-line Czech Food Composition Database (FCDB) was launched on http://www.czfcdb.cz in December 2010 as a main freely available channel for dissemination of Czech food composition data. The application is based on a complied FCDB documented according to the EuroFIR standardised procedure for full value documentation and indexing of foods by the LanguaL™ Thesaurus. A content management system was implemented for administration of the website and performing data export (comma-separated values or EuroFIR XML transport package formats) by a compiler. Reference/s are provided for each published value with linking to available freely accessible on-line sources of data (e.g. full texts, EuroFIR Document Repository, on-line national FCDBs). LanguaL™ codes are displayed within each food record as searchable keywords of the database. A photo (or a photo gallery) is used as a visual descriptor of a food item. The application is searchable on foods, components, food groups, alphabet and a multi-field advanced search.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Agricultural and Food Library, Manesova 1453/75, 120 56 Prague 2, Czech Republic. machackova.marie@uzei.cz
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Machackova
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holasova
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maskova
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005502:Food / Q000145:classification; D005504:Food Analysis; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009753:Nutritive Value; D009862:Online Systems; D012984:Software