The system was designed utilizing the World Wide Web, which at present is the most popular application for accessing the Internet. Information could be accessed at any time by client machines that were Internet subscribers. The other advantage of this system was that graphic images could also be obtained.
Graphic images can be very useful for forensic scientists.
For example, the ability to display images of organs promotes the understanding of autopsies. It was found that the Internet was a very useful tool for forensic research. However, it is difficult to find specific items among many cases contained in the records. For this reason the Annual has not yet become as useful as it was intended. Some attempts to create a computerized database of forensic cases have been made.