Bioinformatics 6: publications, archives, information retrieval Flashcards
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What is PLOS? Perks of using it?
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PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a nonprofit open-access science publisher
Part of open access movement:
- Authors pay to publish from research funds
- Immediate free online access
- Author retains copyright
- Re-use with attribution is allowed
2
Q
UK copyright law length?
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70 years
3
Q
The fundamental principles of a database?
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Archive of information (content) e.g. papers
- has defined data format
- ontology - list of defined, valid terms
- scheme - description of how information its inter-related
- tools to access website
- links to other relevant databases
4
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2 approaches to data annotation and quality control?
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1) Dedicated human curators (use software/experience)
2) Automated systems (scan data to spot obvious errors)
e. g. PDBREPORT, GOChase
