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#What individual or organization maintains the database? Public versus private? Large national or multinational entity or small lab group? | #What individual or organization maintains the database? Public versus private? Large national or multinational entity or small lab group? | ||
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| + | ===Scientific quality of the database=== | ||
| + | #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? | ||
[[Category: Journal Entry]] | [[Category: Journal Entry]] | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 28 September 2019
IMG/VR Database
General information about the database
- 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)?
Scientific quality of the database
- 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?
