Managing and sharing experimental data: standards, tools and pitfalls.

by: NW Paton

Biochem Soc Trans, Vol. 36, No. Pt 1. (February 2008), pp. 33-36.

View FullText article

DOI, Pubmed, Hubmed

Reviews [Write a review of this article]

There are no reviews of this article

Find related articles from these CiteULike users

alanrw, jyuh, dullhunk

Find related articles with these CiteULike tags

databases, no-tag, taverna

Abstract

Experimental processes in the life sciences are becoming increasingly complex. As a result, recording, archiving and sharing descriptions of these processes and of the results of experiments is becoming ever more challenging. However, validation of results, sharing of best practice and integrated analysis all require systematic description of experiments at carefully determined levels of detail. The present paper discusses issues associated with the management of experimental data in the life sciences, including: the different tasks that experimental data and metadata can support, the role of standards in informing data sharing and archiving, and the development of effective databases and tools, building on these standards.

@article{citeulike:2460931, abstract = {Experimental processes in the life sciences are becoming increasingly complex. As a result, recording, archiving and sharing descriptions of these processes and of the results of experiments is becoming ever more challenging. However, validation of results, sharing of best practice and integrated analysis all require systematic description of experiments at carefully determined levels of detail. The present paper discusses issues associated with the management of experimental data in the life sciences, including: the different tasks that experimental data and metadata can support, the role of standards in informing data sharing and archiving, and the development of effective databases and tools, building on these standards.}, address = {School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K. npaton@manchester.ac.uk}, author = {Paton, N. W. }, citeulike-article-id = {2460931}, doi = {10.1042/BST0360033}, issn = {0300-5127}, journal = {Biochem Soc Trans}, month = {February}, number = {Pt 1}, pages = {33--36}, posted-at = {2008-05-16 11:14:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Managing and sharing experimental data: standards, tools and pitfalls.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST0360033}, volume = {36}, year = {2008} }

RIS record

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2460931 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2460931 TI - Managing and sharing experimental data: standards, tools and pitfalls. JF - Biochem Soc Trans VL - 36 IS - Pt 1 SP - 33 EP - 36 AD - School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K. npaton@manchester.ac.uk SN - 0300-5127 N2 - Experimental processes in the life sciences are becoming increasingly complex. As a result, recording, archiving and sharing descriptions of these processes and of the results of experiments is becoming ever more challenging. However, validation of results, sharing of best practice and integrated analysis all require systematic description of experiments at carefully determined levels of detail. The present paper discusses issues associated with the management of experimental data in the life sciences, including: the different tasks that experimental data and metadata can support, the role of standards in informing data sharing and archiving, and the development of effective databases and tools, building on these standards. AU - Paton, NW PY - 2008/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST0360033 ER -

RIS BibTeX