Data Management: A global coalition to sustain core data

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On November 18-19, 2016, the Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) hosted a meeting of senior managers of key data resources (including members of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank) and leaders of several major funding organizations to discuss the challenges associated with sustaining biological and biomedical (i.e., life sciences) data resources and associated infrastructure.

A strong consensus emerged from the group that core data resources for the life sciences should be supported through a coordinated international effort(s) that better ensure long-term sustainability and that appropriately align funding with scientific impact. Ideally, funding for such data resources should allow for access at no charge, as is presently the usual (and preferred) mechanism.

The Global Life Sciences Data Resources (GLSDR) Working Group has published a letter in Nature and preprint in bioRxiv on Data Management: A global coalition to sustain core data:

• W. Anderson, R. Apweiler, A. Bateman, G.A. Bauer, H. Berman, J.A. Blake, N. Blomberg, S.K. Burley, G. Cochrane, V. Di Francesco, T. Donohue, C. Durinx, A. Game, E.D. Green, T. Gojobori, P. Goodhand, A. Hamosh, H. Hermjakob, M. Kanehisa, R. Kiley, J. McEntyre, R. McKibbin, S. Miyano, B. Pauly, N. Perrimon, M.A. Ragan, G. Richards, Y-Y. Teo, M. Westerfield, E. Westhof, P.F. Lasko (2017) Data management: A global coalition to sustain core data Nature 543: 179 doi: 10.1038/543179a
• W. Anderson, R. Apweiler, A. Bateman, G.A. Bauer, H. Berman, J.A. Blake, N. Blomberg, S.K. Burley, G. Cochrane, V. Di Francesco, T. Donohue, C. Durinx, A. Game, E.D. Green, T. Gojobori, P. Goodhand, A. Hamosh, H. Hermjakob, M. Kanehisa, R. Kiley, J. McEntyre, R. McKibbin, S. Miyano, B. Pauly, N. Perrimon, M.A. Ragan, G. Richards, Y-Y. Teo, M. Westerfield, E. Westhof, P.F. Lasko (2017) Towards coordinated international support of core data resources for the life sciences bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/110825

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