TY - JOUR
T1 - Biocuration
T2 - Distilling data into knowledge
AU - International Society for Biocuration
AU - Ammari, Mais
AU - Chatr Aryamontri, Andrew
AU - Attrill, Helen
AU - Bairoch, Amos
AU - Berardini, Tanya
AU - Blake, Judith
AU - Chen, Qingyu
AU - Collado, Julio
AU - Dauga, Delphine
AU - Dudley, Joel T.
AU - Engel, Stacia
AU - Erill, Ivan
AU - Fey, Petra
AU - Gibson, Richard
AU - Hermjakob, Henning
AU - Holliday, Gemma
AU - Howe, Doug
AU - Hunter, Chris
AU - Landsman, David
AU - Lovering, Ruth
AU - Manthravadi, Deepa
AU - Marchler-Bauer, Aron
AU - Matthews, Beverley
AU - McDonagh, Ellen M.
AU - Meldal, Birgit
AU - MMicklem, Gos
AU - Mietchen, Daniel
AU - Mungall, Christopher J.
AU - Pruitt, Kim
AU - Sagar Rajamanickam, Vidhya
AU - Reecy, James M.
AU - Rey, Alix
AU - Shipitsyna, Aleksandra
AU - Luisa Toribio, Ana
AU - Ann Tuli, Mary
AU - Uetz, Peter
AU - Wittig, Ulrike
AU - Wood, Valerie
AU - Attwood, Teresa
AU - Bateman, Alex
AU - Berardini, Tanya
AU - Bougueleret, Lydie
AU - Gaudet, Pascale
AU - Harrow, Jennifer
AU - Imanishi, Tadashi
AU - Kania, Renate
AU - Richardson, Lorna
AU - Robinson-Rechavi, Marc
AU - Haendel, Melissa
AU - Vasilevsky, Nicole
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 International Society for Biocuration.
PY - 2018/4/16
Y1 - 2018/4/16
N2 - Data, including information generated from them by processing and analysis, are an asset with measurable value. The assets that biological research funding produces are the data generated, the information derived from these data, and, ultimately, the discoveries and knowledge these lead to. From the time when Henry Oldenburg published the first scientific journal in 1665 (Proceedings of the Royal Society) to the founding of the United States National Library of Medicine in 1879 to the present, there has been a sustained drive to improve how researchers can record and discover what is known. Researchers’ experimental work builds upon years and (collectively) billions of dollars’ worth of earlier work. Today, researchers are generating data at ever-faster rates because of advances in instrumentation and technology, coupled with decreases in production costs. Unfortunately, the ability of researchers to manage and disseminate their results has not kept pace, so their work cannot achieve its maximal impact. Strides have recently been made, but more awareness is needed of the essential role that biological data resources, including biocuration, play in maintaining and linking this ever-growing flood of data and information. The aim of this paper is to describe the nature of data as an asset, the role biocurators play in increasing its value, and consistent, practical means to measure effectiveness that can guide planning and justify costs in biological research information resources’ development and management.
AB - Data, including information generated from them by processing and analysis, are an asset with measurable value. The assets that biological research funding produces are the data generated, the information derived from these data, and, ultimately, the discoveries and knowledge these lead to. From the time when Henry Oldenburg published the first scientific journal in 1665 (Proceedings of the Royal Society) to the founding of the United States National Library of Medicine in 1879 to the present, there has been a sustained drive to improve how researchers can record and discover what is known. Researchers’ experimental work builds upon years and (collectively) billions of dollars’ worth of earlier work. Today, researchers are generating data at ever-faster rates because of advances in instrumentation and technology, coupled with decreases in production costs. Unfortunately, the ability of researchers to manage and disseminate their results has not kept pace, so their work cannot achieve its maximal impact. Strides have recently been made, but more awareness is needed of the essential role that biological data resources, including biocuration, play in maintaining and linking this ever-growing flood of data and information. The aim of this paper is to describe the nature of data as an asset, the role biocurators play in increasing its value, and consistent, practical means to measure effectiveness that can guide planning and justify costs in biological research information resources’ development and management.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002846
DO - 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002846
M3 - Article
C2 - 29659566
AN - SCOPUS:85060508494
SN - 1544-9173
VL - 16
JO - PLoS Biology
JF - PLoS Biology
IS - 4
M1 - e2002846
ER -