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CRISP Downloads - Readme.txt
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CRISP downloadable files located at URL
"http://era.nih.gov/crisp-export/" are described below; including
name of file, format, data selection criteria, and names of organizations that
use the files.
Downloadable files are recreated monthly, replacing
previous versions of the files. Each new
version progressively contains data accummulatd from beginning of the fiscal
year (FY). Content of files is FY
specifc. That is, multiple FYs are not combined in same file.
By convention, file names are described with having
"yyyy" as place holder for Fiscal Year (FY). Additionally, there are
four distinctive file formats (described below) labeled "FORMAT1"
through "FORMAT4" that are indicated in the file names. For example,
actual file name for "CRISP-FORMAT1-yyyy.DAT.gz" FY2003 data would be
"CRISP-FORMAT1-2003.DAT.gz". Files are compressed using PKZip
technology.
For additional information contact:
Dorrette Finch
finchd@od.nih.gov
Tel: (301)435-0656
Fax: (301)480-2845
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CRISP-FORMAT1-yyyy.DAT.gz
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Standard file format-1. Data is selected based on FY of
the grant and CRISP terms supplied by NIH Library of Medicine (NLM).
NLM (TOXL system) downloads this file once per year,
after year-end close. By year-end the complete FY data is accumulated in the
file.
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CRISP-FORMAT2-yyyy.DAT.gz
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Standard file format-2. Data is selected based on FY of
the grant.
Dept. of Commerce, National Technical Information Service
(NTIS)downloads this file every month, capturing monthly changes as they occur.
Rand Science and Technology (RADIUS DB) downloads this
file once per year, after year-end close. By year-end the complete FY data is
accumulated in the file.
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CRISP-FORMAT3-yyyy.DAT.gz
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Standard file format-3. Data is selected based on FY of
the grant. Content is extended to include PI telephone numbers and project
start and end dates.
IMV Limited Market Services Databases downloads this file
every month, capturing monthly changes as they occur.
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CRISP-FORMAT4-yyyy.DAT.gz
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Standard file format-4. Data is selected based on FY of
the grant. Data item numbers are
excluded.
Community of Science (COS)downloads this file every
month, capturing monthly changes as they occur.