1. Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Rebecca Lawrence and Simon Hodson
BioSharing – connecting data policies, standards & databases in the life sciences BioSharing WG
Peter McQuilton, PhD
Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Rebecca Lawrence and Simon Hodson
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2. What challenges did the WG face? What were the aims?
To develop guidelines for linking information on databases, content standards and journal and funder data policies in the life sciences
Data policies by funders, journals and other organizations (100s)
Database, tools
and services
(>1000)
Formats
Terminologies
Guidelines
Data/metadata standards
(650+)
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3. What challenges did the WG face? What were the aims?
To develop a curated registry (running since 2011), to access and cross-search this information, such that a variety of stakeholders can make decisions on which standards and databases to use or endorse
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4. What is BioSharing?
A web-based, curated and searchable portal that monitors the development and evolution of standards, their use in databases and the adoption of both in data policies, to inform and educate the user community.
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5. Describe the output – biosharing.org
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6. What are the ramifications of not having the problem resolved?
Standards are reinvented
Databases use the wrong standards
Data policies fail to endorse appropriate resources
Increasingly, data is lost as it is not
Findable
Accessible
Interoperable
Reusable
(The FAIR principles)
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7. Who is affected by this WG?
Data creators and (re)users in
the life, biomedical and
environmental sciences
People who recommend
or endorse the use of data
standards and databases
in the life, biomedical and
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8. >50 members from around the world
Describe the Working Group structure (how many members, diversity of experience, geographies, etc.)
>50 members from around the world
Standard/database developers
Funders
Journal data editors
Researchers
Data managers/librarians
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9. RDA/Force11 BioSharing WG

10. Adoption & Implementation
Societies and organisations, incl.:
Institutional RDM services, incl.:
Cross-links and data exchange, incl.:
Projects/programmes, incl.:
BioTools
Journals/publishers/Funders, incl.:
Standard developing groups, incl.:
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11. Feedback and comments Output report available now
Help us define and refine our guidelines for linking data policies, databases and data standards in the life, biomedical and environmental sciences
Contacts:
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