Ancient mtDNA Week 5
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Contents
Database Evaluation
General information about the database
- Name: Ancient mtDNA Database
- type of Database
- It is a Database of Ancient mitochondrial DNA. The Database is built up of secondary source information curated by the researchers at the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
- what organization maintains the Database
- The Database is maintained by the molecular research staff at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
- What is their funding source
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
- How current is the database?
- When did the database first go online?
- How often is the database updated?
- last update?
General utility of the database to the scientific community
- Other links to Databases
- Is is easy to browse data
- Is it easy to download data
- What file format is the data
- what type of file based on extension
- Standard or nonstandard format
- What file format is the data
- Evaluate if it is user friendly
- is it well organized
- does it have help section or tutorial
- Is there search options
- Run a sample query. did it work
- Access is there any licensing agreement or restrictions
Summary judgment
- Would you direct a college in a different field to this site
- Is this a professional or hobby site?
