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SUBMITTER: McMurry JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5490878 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McMurry Julie A JA Juty Nick N Blomberg Niklas N Burdett Tony T Conlin Tom T Conte Nathalie N Courtot Mélanie M Deck John J Dumontier Michel M Fellows Donal K DK Gonzalez-Beltran Alejandra A Gormanns Philipp P Grethe Jeffrey J Hastings Janna J Hériché Jean-Karim JK Hermjakob Henning H Ison Jon C JC Jimenez Rafael C RC Jupp Simon S Kunze John J Laibe Camille C Le Novère Nicolas N Malone James J Martin Maria Jesus MJ McEntyre Johanna R JR Morris Chris C Muilu Juha J Müller Wolfgang W Rocca-Serra Philippe P Sansone Susanna-Assunta SA Sariyar Murat M Snoep Jacky L JL Soiland-Reyes Stian S Stanford Natalie J NJ Swainston Neil N Washington Nicole N Williams Alan R AR Wimalaratne Sarala M SM Winfree Lilly M LM Wolstencroft Katherine K Goble Carole C Mungall Christopher J CJ Haendel Melissa A MA Parkinson Helen H
PLoS biology 20170629 6
In many disciplines, data are highly decentralized across thousands of online databases (repositories, registries, and knowledgebases). Wringing value from such databases depends on the discipline of data science and on the humble bricks and mortar that make integration possible; identifiers are a core component of this integration infrastructure. Drawing on our experience and on work by other groups, we outline 10 lessons we have learned about the identifier qualities and best practices that fa ...[more]