RNAct Week 5

General Information of the Database

1. What is the name of the database? (link to the home page)
2. 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?
3. What individual or organization maintains the database?
   • public versus private
   • large national or multinational entity or small lab group
4. What is their funding source(s)?