Curated Databases in the Life Sciences: The Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project
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Curated Databases in the Life Sciences: The Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project
Digital
Curation
Centre
SCARP
Project
Case
Studies ISSN
1759‐586X
SCARP B4.8.5.1 1
Curated Databases in the Life Sciences:
The Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project
SCARP Case Study No. 4
Elizabeth Fairley, EFB Services
for the Digital Curation Centre
Edited by
Sarah Higgins and Angus Whyte
Digital Curation Centre
DCC SCARP INTERIM CASE STUDY REPORT
Deliverable B4.8.5.1
Version No. 1.1
Status FINAL
Date 13 July 2009
SCARP B4.8.5.1 1
Curated Databases in the Life Sciences:
The Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project
SCARP Case Study No. 4
Elizabeth Fairley, EFB Services
for the Digital Curation Centre
Edited by
Sarah Higgins and Angus Whyte
Digital Curation Centre
DCC SCARP INTERIM CASE STUDY REPORT
Deliverable B4.8.5.1
Version No. 1.1
Status FINAL
Date 13 July 2009
Page 2
Digital
Curation
Centre
SCARP
Project
Case
Studies ISSN
1759‐586X
SCARP B4.8.5.1 2
Copyright
Text and Figure 1 © Digital Curation Centre, 2009. Figures 2-4 Copyright © Jeff Christiansen
2008-2009. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.5 Scotland:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/scotland/
Figure 5 © Elizabeth Fairley
Catalogue Entry
Title Curated Databases in the Life Sciences: The Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project
Creator Elizabeth Fairley (author) Sarah Higgins and Angus Whyte (editors)
Subject Data curation; formats, processes and issues; system development; standards; legal
factors; methodology, and problems overcome; human factors
Description This case study scopes and assesses the data curation aspects of the
Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project (EMAP), a programme funded by the Medical Research
Council (MRC). The principal goal for EMAP is to develop an expression summary for each
gene in the mouse embryo, which collectively has been named the Edinburgh Mouse Atlas
Gene-Expression Database (EMAGE).
Publisher University of Edinburgh; UKOLN, University of Bath; HATII, University of Glasgow;
Science and Technology Facilities Council.
Date 29 June 2009 (creation)
Type Text
Format Adobe Portable Document Format v.1.3
Resource Identifier ISSN 1759-586X
Language English
Rights © 2009 DCC, University of Edinburgh
Citation Guidelines
Fairley, E. (2009), " Curated Databases in the Life Sciences: The Edinburgh Mouse Atlas
Project. SCARP Case Study No. 4", Digital Curation Centre, Retrieved <date>, from
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/scarp
SCARP B4.8.5.1 2
Copyright
Text and Figure 1 © Digital Curation Centre, 2009. Figures 2-4 Copyright © Jeff Christiansen
2008-2009. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.5 Scotland:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/scotland/
Figure 5 © Elizabeth Fairley
Catalogue Entry
Title Curated Databases in the Life Sciences: The Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project
Creator Elizabeth Fairley (author) Sarah Higgins and Angus Whyte (editors)
Subject Data curation; formats, processes and issues; system development; standards; legal
factors; methodology, and problems overcome; human factors
Description This case study scopes and assesses the data curation aspects of the
Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project (EMAP), a programme funded by the Medical Research
Council (MRC). The principal goal for EMAP is to develop an expression summary for each
gene in the mouse embryo, which collectively has been named the Edinburgh Mouse Atlas
Gene-Expression Database (EMAGE).
Publisher University of Edinburgh; UKOLN, University of Bath; HATII, University of Glasgow;
Science and Technology Facilities Council.
Date 29 June 2009 (creation)
Type Text
Format Adobe Portable Document Format v.1.3
Resource Identifier ISSN 1759-586X
Language English
Rights © 2009 DCC, University of Edinburgh
Citation Guidelines
Fairley, E. (2009), " Curated Databases in the Life Sciences: The Edinburgh Mouse Atlas
Project. SCARP Case Study No. 4", Digital Curation Centre, Retrieved <date>, from
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/scarp
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