TADINFO

Next version of TADinfo under development

EMPRES is currently developing the second generation TADinfo (Transboundary Animal Disease information system) software.

While the first generation was developed in MS Access and relied on ArcView geographic information system software for its mapping capabilities, the new TADinfo will reflect some important innovations. Among them:

• This version is standalone; it does not require Access, ArcView or even Windows (it will also run on a Macintosh or Linux PC).
• The software runs inside a Web browser, using HTML/Java technology, and will run on networks.
• It will have a map viewer included, based on FAO's successful Key Indicators Mapping System (KIMS) software.
• The disease observations and abattoir modules are being "invisibly merged".
• A navigation bar will be permanently visible so that it will be possible to move from module to module directly, without having to go via the main menu.
• A "data input wizard" is being added to assist data-entry clerks with input; this should avoid the problem of missing data elements due to clerks "getting lost" inside the program.
• A data-export module is being added that will create "packages" of data for export to regional TADinfo.
• Finally, in response to many user requests, a facility is being added that will enable the compilation of "outbreaks" in the database from several individual observations of the same focus of disease over a period of time.