[Data validation methods and discussion on Chinese materia medica resource survey].
From the beginning of the fourth national survey of the Chinese materia medica resources, there were 22 provinces have conducted pilots. The survey teams have reported immense data, it put forward the very high request to the database system construction. In order to ensure the quality, it is necessary to check and validate the data in database system. Data validation is important methods to ensure the validity, integrity and accuracy of census data. This paper comprehensively introduce the data validation system of the fourth national survey of the Chinese materia medica resources database system, and further improve the design idea and programs of data validation. The purpose of this study is to promote the survey work smoothly.
Resources Centre of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zhangyue1110@yahoo.com.cn
Yue
Y
Zhang
Wei-Feng
WF
Ma
Xiao-Bo
XB
Zhang
Shou-Dong
SD
Zhu
Lan-Ping
LP
Guo
Xing-Xing
XX
Wang
D003625:Data Collection; D062313:Databases, Pharmaceutical; D008419:Materia Medica; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional
D008419:Materia Medica