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From planning stage towards FAIR data: A practical metadatasheet for biomedical scientists.
Sci. Data 11:524 (2024)
Datasets consist of measurement data and metadata. Metadata provides context, essential for understanding and (re-)using data. Various metadata standards exist for different methods, systems and contexts. However, relevant information resides at differing stages across the data-lifecycle. Often, this information is defined and standardized only at publication stage, which can lead to data loss and workload increase. In this study, we developed Metadatasheet, a metadata standard based on interviews with members of two biomedical consortia and systematic screening of data repositories. It aligns with the data-lifecycle allowing synchronous metadata recording within Microsoft Excel, a widespread data recording software. Additionally, we provide an implementation, the Metadata Workbook, that offers user-friendly features like automation, dynamic adaption, metadata integrity checks, and export options for various metadata standards. By design and due to its extensive documentation, the proposed metadata standard simplifies recording and structuring of metadata for biomedical scientists, promoting practicality and convenience in data management. This framework can accelerate scientific progress by enhancing collaboration and knowledge transfer throughout the intermediate steps of data creation.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Annotation; Curation; Geo
ISSN (print) / ISBN
2052-4463
e-ISSN
2052-4463
Journal
Scientific Data
Quellenangaben
Volume: 11,
Issue: 1,
Article Number: 524
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place
London
Non-patent literature
Publications
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Computational Biology (ICB)
Grants
Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, BONFOR
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy
University of Bonn
European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union
DFG
European Research Council (ERC, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program)
Gabriele Hedwig Danielewski foundation
Else Kroener Fresenius Foundation
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy
University of Bonn
European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union
DFG
European Research Council (ERC, under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program)
Gabriele Hedwig Danielewski foundation
Else Kroener Fresenius Foundation
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)