Posted
on October 27, 2009 at 04:27 PM
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I've spent the last few days writing some new scripts to download and compare the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) database entries. The OFA results will be updated monthly and saved under the OFA Resources Folder as CSV and ZIP files. Another script allows anyone to browse and compare the OFA results with our own database entries. The interface uses a sophisticated configuration file to define and manipulate CSV file content. In the future, this should allow us to verify and import a variety of CSV files from other organizations. The standard user interface highlights the differences between the CSV content and our database, while some admin features also allow us to manipulate and save those differences. I've already started to update our database (starting with 1974), but with over 15,000 entries in the OFA CSV files, it'll take some time to catchup. :-)
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