Future-proofing and maximizing the utility of metadata: The PHA4GE SARS-CoV-2 contextual data specification package.
Emma J GriffithsRuth E TimmeCatarina Inês MendesAndrew J PageNabil-Fareed AlikhanDaniel FornikaFinlay MaguireJosefina CamposDaniel J ParkIdowu Bolade OlawoyePaul E OluniyiDominique AndersonSarel MalanAnders Gonçalves da SilvaRhiannon CameronDamion M DooleyLee S KatzAllison BlackIlene Karsch-MizrachiTanya BarrettAnjanette JohnstonThomas Richard ConnorSamuel M NichollsAdam A WitneyGregory H TysonSimon H TauschAmogelang R RaphenyaBrian AlcockDavid M AanensenEmma B HodcroftWilliam W L HsiaoAna Tereza Ribeiro de VasconcelosDuncan R MacCannellPublished in: GigaScience (2022)
Well-structured, rich contextual data add value, promote reuse, and enable aggregation and integration of disparate datasets. Adoption of the proposed standard and practices will better enable interoperability between datasets and systems, improve the consistency and utility of generated data, and ultimately facilitate novel insights and discoveries in SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. The package is now supported by the NCBI's BioSample database.