Metadata and Phenotypic Data Sharing Expectations
Frequently Asked Questions
Data sharing is an important aspect of the research endeavor that ensures maximal use of participants’ data for scientific discovery, rigor and reproducibility, and more. NHGRI-funded researchers subject to NIH’s data sharing policies are expected to share comprehensive metadata and phenotypic data, and to use standard data collection protocols and standardized notation, to ensure the data are maximally useful to the broader scientific community.
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- How does NHGRI define metadata and phenotypic data?
- What is the scientific value of sharing metadata?
- How do the expectations of NOT-HG-21-022 relate to the requirements of the NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy?
- What types of research does NOT-HG-21-022 apply to?
- Where should I describe my plans for sharing metadata and phenotypic data?
- Where should I deposit metadata and phenotypic data?
- How much metadata and phenotypic data do I need to share?
- Does NHGRI endorse specific data standards and ontologies?
- Where should I start?
Last updated: July 9, 2024