caBIG

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caBIG Tool Overview caTissue Clinical
Annotation Engine (CAE) provides standards-based
annotations and tools for integrating data from
existing clinical and research systems

• Key Stakeholders Involved
• Tissue Banks and Pathology Tools Workspace
• Developer University of Pittsburgh Medical
  Center
• Adopters Case Western, Dartmouth College,
  Northwestern University, Washington University

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caTissue CAE Overview

• Brief Description of caTissue CAE
• A Web-based user interface for standards-based
  manual annotation of biospecimens with clinical
  information.
• Supports importing structured data from clinical
  information systems, cancer tumor registries, and
  clinical pathology laboratory systems.
• Allows the integration of annotations from
  multiple sources within the cancer centers,
  providing a complete picture of a patients
  disease.
• Primary User Groups/Beneficiaries
• Pathologists
• Tissue Bankers
• Registrars

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Tool Installation Usage Overview

• Installation Requirements
• Operating system Windows 2000, XP
• Database Oracle 9.2.0.6
• Java Version JDK 1.5
• Java App Server Jboss 4.0.0
• Security CSM User Provisioning Tool used inside
  CAE exposed APIs
• Browser Internet Explorer 5.x or 6.x, Mozilla
  Firefox 1.x

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Releases and Schedule

• Current Release Information
• caTissue CAE v1.0- Final release April 2006
• Silver level compatible
• Future Development Schedule
• caTissue CAE v1.2 Future release schedule
  Final release October/November 2006
• Planned enhancements, or modules under
  development Disease Sites Annotations
  Functionality and Agility

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Tool/Resources Support

• University of Pittsbugh and NCI host a caTissue
  CAE overview website at http//128.252.178.208080
  /cae/CAEFirstPage.htm
• Supporting documentation includes Installation
  and Administration Guide and End User Manual
• The NCICB Application Support Group is also
  available by phone, e-mail, or web-based
  submittal forms.

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Workspace Contacts and Other Links
NCI Facilitator Ian Fore (forei_at_mail.nih.gov)

• TBPT Workspace Lead
• Juergen Klenk (klenk_juergen_at_bah.com)

• Ways to become involved with the Tissue Banks and
  Pathology Tools (TBPT) Workspace
• Subscribe for the TBPT LISTSERV at
  https//list.nih.gov/archives/cabig_tbpt-l.html.
• Visit the caBIG TBPT website https//cabig.nci.n
  ih.gov/workspaces/TBPT
• Dial-in to our bi-weekly workspace calls, or
  monthly newcomer calls. Call-in Information

Bi-Weekly TBPT Workspace calls Objective TBPT
Project and caBIG Program updates Schedule 12-1
PM ET, 1st and 3rd Monday of each month Dial-in
888-283-8679 Passcode 5746946 http//ncicb.centra
.com Meeting ID TBPT
Monthly TBPT Newcomer calls Objective Bringing
newcomers up to speed with the TBPT workspace.
Schedule 12-1 PM ET, 2nd Monday of each
month Dial-in 888-283-8679 Passcode 8209848
http//ncicb.centra.com Meeting ID newcomer