[Development of NIHS Information and Computing Infrastructure (NICI)].

We describe the development of NICI, which we extended during June 1996 to May 1998. The direct lines between our Experimental Stations for Medicinal Plants at Tsukuba and Tsukuba Node for Inter Ministry Network, and newly opened Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Evaluation Center at Minato-ku and NIHS at Setagaya-ku in Tokyo, were constructed. Although the main frame in NIHS at Setagaya is not different since May 1996, we provided many databases and useful information on Drugs, Foods and Chemicals, constructing the interface between World Wide Web and databases. Our Home Page was timely updated.