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==Science Quality== | ==Science Quality== | ||
+ | #Does the content appear to completely cover its content domain? | ||
+ | #*How many records does the database contain? | ||
+ | #*What claims do the database owners make about coverage in the corresponding paper? | ||
+ | #What species are covered in the database? (If it is a very long list, summarize.) | ||
+ | #Is the database content useful? I.e., what biological questions can it be used to answer? | ||
+ | #Is the database content timely? | ||
+ | #*Is there a need in the scientific community for such a database at this time? | ||
+ | #*Is the content covered by other databases already? | ||
+ | #How current is the database? | ||
+ | #*When did the database first go online? | ||
+ | #*How often is the database updated? | ||
+ | #*When was the last update? | ||
==General Utility== | ==General Utility== |
Revision as of 13:31, 28 September 2019
Contents
General Info
- What is the name of the database? (link to the home page)
- What type (or types) of database is it?
- What biological information (type of data) does it contain? (sequence, structure, model organism, or specialty [what?])
- What type of data source does it have? (primary versus secondary ("meta")? curated versus non-curated? if curated, is it electronic versus human curation? if human curation, is it in-house staff versus community curation?)
- What individual or organization maintains the database? (public versus private? large national or multinational entity or small lab group?)
- What is their funding source(s)?
Science Quality
- Does the content appear to completely cover its content domain?
- How many records does the database contain?
- What claims do the database owners make about coverage in the corresponding paper?
- What species are covered in the database? (If it is a very long list, summarize.)
- Is the database content useful? I.e., what biological questions can it be used to answer?
- Is the database content timely?
- Is there a need in the scientific community for such a database at this time?
- Is the content covered by other databases already?
- How current is the database?
- When did the database first go online?
- How often is the database updated?
- When was the last update?