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ArticleDatabase : the journal of biological databases and curation2023

Data sharing and ontology use among agricultural genetics, genomics, and breeding databases and resources of the Agbiodata Consortium.

Jennifer L Clarke, Laurel D Cooper, Monica F Poelchau, Tanya Z Berardini, Justin Elser, Andrew D Farmer, Stephen Ficklin, Sunita Kumari, Marie-Angélique Laporte, Rex T Nelson and 5 more

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Article in Database : the journal of biological databases and curation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The future is FAIR: a community framework for enhanced data management and data sharing.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2026
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  3. Order from entropy: big data from FAIR data cohorts in the digital age of plant breeding.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Jennifer L ClarkeDepartment of Statistics and Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 340 Hardin Hall North Wing, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2723-7249
Laurel D CooperDepartment of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 2503 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6379-8932
Monica F PoelchauUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville 20705, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4584-6056
Tanya Z BerardiniThe Arabidopsis Information Resource and Phoenix Bioinformatic, 39899 Balentine Drive, Suite 200, Newark, CA, USA.
Justin ElserDepartment of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 2503 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
Andrew D FarmerNational Center for Genome Resources, 2935 Rodeo Park Dr. E., Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA.
Stephen FicklinDepartment of Horticulture, Washington State University, 249 Clark Hall, PO Box 646414, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9138-6292
Sunita KumariCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
Marie-Angélique LaporteDigital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Parc Scientifique Agropolis II, 1990 Bd de la Lironde, Montpellier 34397, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8461-9745
Rex T NelsonUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Iowa State University, 716 Farmhouse Lane, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Rie SadoharaDepartment of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2861-5288
Peter SelbySchool of Integrative Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, 215 Garden Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7151-4445
Anne E ThessenDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz, 1890 N. Revere Court, Mailstop F600, Aurora CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2908-3327
Brandon WhiteheadData Science and Informatics, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, Ltd., Riddet Road, Massey University, Palmerston North 4472, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-0337-8610
Taner Z SenUSDA, Agricultural Research Service, Crop Improvement Genetics Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan St, Albany 94710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5553-6190

Funding

CGIAR Research Initiative on Digital InnovationNational Science Foundation 1340112 1940330 2126334New Zealand's Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE)NIFA 2021-77039-35992U.S. Department of Agriculture
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last couple of decades, there has been a rapid growth in the number and scope of agricultural genetics, genomics and breeding databases and resources. The AgBioData Consortium (https://www.agbiodata.org/) currently represents 44 databases and resources (https://www.agbiodata.org/databases) covering model or crop plant and animal GGB data, ontologies, pathways, genetic variation and breeding platforms (referred to as 'databases' throughout). One of the goals of the Consortium is to facilitate FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data management and the integration of datasets which requires data sharing, along with structured vocabularies and/or ontologies. Two AgBioData working groups, focused on Data Sharing and Ontologies, respectively, conducted a Consortium-wide survey to assess the current status and future needs of the members in those areas. A total of 33 researchers responded to the survey, representing 37 databases. Results suggest that data-sharing practices by AgBioData databases are in a fairly healthy state, but it is not clear whether this is true for all metadata and data types across all databases; and that, ontology use has not substantially changed since a similar survey was conducted in 2017. Based on our evaluation of the survey results, we recommend (i) providing training for database personnel in a specific data-sharing techniques, as well as in ontology use; (ii) further study on what metadata is shared, and how well it is shared among databases; (iii) promoting an understanding of data sharing and ontologies in the stakeholder community; (iv) improving data sharing and ontologies for specific phenotypic data types and formats; and (v) lowering specific barriers to data sharing and ontology use, by identifying sustainability solutions, and the identification, promotion, or development of data standards. Combined, these improvements are likely to help AgBioData databases increase development efforts towards improved ontology use, and data sharing via programmatic means. Database URL  https://www.agbiodata.org/databases.

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Data ManagementPlant BreedingAnimalsDatabases, FactualGenomicsInformation Dissemination

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PMID37971715
PMCPMC10653126

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