Ten quick tips for sharing open genomic data

Anne V Brown; Jacqueline D Campbell; Teshale Assefa; David Grant; Rex T Nelson; Nathan T Weeks; Steven B Cannon

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006472

Ten quick tips for sharing open genomic data

PLoS Comput Biol. 2018 Dec 27;14(12):e1006472. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006472. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Anne V Brown¹, Jacqueline D Campbell², Teshale Assefa³, David Grant¹, Rex T Nelson¹, Nathan T Weeks¹, Steven B Cannon¹

Affiliations

¹ USDA-ARS, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
² Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
³ ORISE Fellow, USDA-ARS, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.

Abstract

As sequencing prices drop, genomic data accumulates-seemingly at a steadily increasing pace. Most genomic data potentially have value beyond the initial purpose-but only if shared with the scientific community. This, of course, is often easier said than done. Some of the challenges in sharing genomic data include data volume (raw file sizes and number of files), complexities, formats, nomenclatures, metadata descriptions, and the choice of a repository. In this paper, we describe 10 quick tips for sharing open genomic data.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Databases, Factual / statistics & numerical data
Databases, Factual / trends
Databases, Genetic / statistics & numerical data
Databases, Genetic / trends*
Genomics
Information Dissemination / methods*
Information Storage and Retrieval / methods*
Software
User-Computer Interface

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) project 5030-21000-062-00D, the Iowa State University Department of Agronomy, and the Home Economics Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State University. The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.