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Center for Biological Sequence Analysis Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Center for Biological Sequence Analysis Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2016 Jan 4;44(D1):D38-47. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv1116. Epub 2015 Nov 3.
Life sciences are yielding huge data sets that underpin scientific discoveries fundamental to improvement in human health, agriculture and the environment. In support of these discoveries, a plethora of databases and tools are deployed, in technically complex and diverse implementations, across a spectrum of scientific disciplines. The corpus of documentation of these resources is fragmented across the Web, with much redundancy, and has lacked a common standard of information. The outcome is that scientists must often struggle to find, understand, compare and use the best resources for the task at hand.Here we present a community-driven curation effort, supported by ELIXIR-the European infrastructure for biological information-that aspires to a comprehensive and consistent registry of information about bioinformatics resources. The sustainable upkeep of this Tools and Data Services Registry is assured by a curation effort driven by and tailored to local needs, and shared amongst a network of engaged partners.As of November 2015, the registry includes 1785 resources, with depositions from 126 individual registrations including 52 institutional providers and 74 individuals. With community support, the registry can become a standard for dissemination of information about bioinformatics resources: we welcome everyone to join us in this common endeavour. The registry is freely available at https://bio.tools.
生命科学正在产生大量数据集，这些数据集是人类健康、农业和环境改善所依赖的基础科学发现的支撑。为支持这些发现，大量数据库和工具在技术复杂且多样的实施过程中，被部署到一系列科学学科中。这些资源的文档在网络上分散，冗余度高，且缺乏通用的信息标准。结果是，科学家们常常要努力去寻找、理解、比较并使用最适合手头任务的资源。在此，我们展示了一项由社区推动的编目工作，该工作得到了欧洲生物信息基础设施ELIXIR的支持，旨在建立一个关于生物信息学资源的全面且一致的信息登记处。通过由当地需求驱动并量身定制、且在参与的合作伙伴网络中共享的编目工作，确保了这个工具和数据服务登记处的可持续维护。截至2015年11月，该登记处包括1785种资源，有来自126个单独登记的提交内容，其中包括52个机构提供者和74个人。在社区的支持下，该登记处可以成为传播生物信息学资源信息的标准：我们欢迎每个人加入我们的这项共同事业。该登记处可在https://bio.tools免费获取。
