KYLE.WBST@XEROX.ARPA (08/24/84)
RE: BILL MANN'S REQUEST FOR TAXONOMY INFO. IN THE LATE 1960'S, CESARE CACERES DEVELOPED PROGRAMS TO ANALYZE EKG HEART WAVEFORMS WITH THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE IN ORDER TO CLASSIFY PATTERNS THAT DEVIATED FROM THE NORM TO SPOT EARLY HEALTH PROBLEMS. HE ALSO DEVELOPED STREP THROAT BACTERIA CLASSIFICATION PROGRAMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HOFFMAN LA ROCHE COMPANY. ABOUT THIS SAME TIME, SANDIA LABS DEVELOPED A BACTERIA CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM. ALSO AT ABOUT THIS SAME TIME THE ARMY AT EDGEWOOD ARSENAL DEVELOPED A CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM FOR VARIOUS CHEMICALS THAT HAD TOXIC PROPERTIES. MOST OF THE INFO ON THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN THE OPEN LITERATURE IN THE OLD ASTIA DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.