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First published April 18, 2006 as JAMIA PrePrint; doi:10.1197/jamia.M2013
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2006;13(4):432-437
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Submitted on November 9, 2005
Accepted on March 26, 2006

ResourceLog: An Embeddable Tool for Dynamically Monitoring the Usage of Web-Based Bioscience Resources

Nian Liu PhD1*, Luis Marenco MD1, and Perry L. Miller MD, PhD2

Affiliation of the authors: 1 Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT ; 2 Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of MCD Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

The present study described an open source application, ResourceLog, that allows website administrators to record and analyze the usage of online resources. The application includes four components: logging, data mining, administrative interface, and back-end database. The logging component is embedded in the host website. It extracts and streamlines information about the Web visitors, the scripts, and dynamic parameters from each page request. The data mining component runs as a set of scheduled tasks that identify visitors of interest, such as those who have heavily used the resources. The identified visitors will be automatically subjected to a voluntary user survey. The usage of the website content can be monitored through the administrative interface and subjected to statistical analyses. As a pilot project, ResourceLog has been implemented in SenseLab, a Web-based neuroscience database system. ResourceLog provides a robust and useful tool to aid system evaluation of a resource-driven Web application, with a focus on determining the effectiveness of data sharing in the field and with the general public.




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