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A sea of standards for omics data: sink or swim?
In the era of Big Data, omic-scale technologies, and increasing calls for data sharing, it is generally agreed that the use of community-developed, open data standards is critical. Far less agreed upon is exactly which data standards should be used, the criteria by which one should choose a standard...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24076747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002066 |
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author | Tenenbaum, Jessica D Sansone, Susanna-Assunta Haendel, Melissa |
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description | In the era of Big Data, omic-scale technologies, and increasing calls for data sharing, it is generally agreed that the use of community-developed, open data standards is critical. Far less agreed upon is exactly which data standards should be used, the criteria by which one should choose a standard, or even what constitutes a data standard. It is impossible simply to choose a domain and have it naturally follow which data standards should be used in all cases. The ‘right’ standards to use is often dependent on the use case scenarios for a given project. Potential downstream applications for the data, however, may not always be apparent at the time the data are generated. Similarly, technology evolves, adding further complexity. Would-be standards adopters must strike a balance between planning for the future and minimizing the burden of compliance. Better tools and resources are required to help guide this balancing act. |
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spelling | pubmed-39324662014-02-24 A sea of standards for omics data: sink or swim? Tenenbaum, Jessica D Sansone, Susanna-Assunta Haendel, Melissa J Am Med Inform Assoc Perspective In the era of Big Data, omic-scale technologies, and increasing calls for data sharing, it is generally agreed that the use of community-developed, open data standards is critical. Far less agreed upon is exactly which data standards should be used, the criteria by which one should choose a standard, or even what constitutes a data standard. It is impossible simply to choose a domain and have it naturally follow which data standards should be used in all cases. The ‘right’ standards to use is often dependent on the use case scenarios for a given project. Potential downstream applications for the data, however, may not always be apparent at the time the data are generated. Similarly, technology evolves, adding further complexity. Would-be standards adopters must strike a balance between planning for the future and minimizing the burden of compliance. Better tools and resources are required to help guide this balancing act. BMJ Publishing Group 2014-03 2013-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3932466/ /pubmed/24076747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002066 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Perspective Tenenbaum, Jessica D Sansone, Susanna-Assunta Haendel, Melissa A sea of standards for omics data: sink or swim? |
title | A sea of standards for omics data: sink or swim? |
title_full | A sea of standards for omics data: sink or swim? |
title_fullStr | A sea of standards for omics data: sink or swim? |
title_full_unstemmed | A sea of standards for omics data: sink or swim? |
title_short | A sea of standards for omics data: sink or swim? |
title_sort | sea of standards for omics data: sink or swim? |
topic | Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932466/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24076747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002066 |
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