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Biocuration: Distilling data into knowledge
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PLoS Biol
2018[Apr]; 16
(4
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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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