Help:Aims
From MetaBase
In detail, MetaBase (MB) aims to fulfill the following list of requirements;
- As a basic requirement, MB will contain a list of databases, URLs and descriptions of the most commonly used biological databases currently available on the internet.
- MB should be flexible, allowing many users to contribute, update and maintain the data. The data management software should be flexible, allowing a continuous growth of the range and scope of databases and database information.
- MB should be 'classifiable'. That is to say that it should not contain just one fixed database classification scheme, but many. Potentially any user could create his or her own classification of databases according to any criteria, and those classifications should be available to everyone.
- MB should be extensible, allowing, for example, scientific papers to be linked to the databases through a variety of relationships.
- MB should provide an up-to-date source of biological database information, as well as tools for gathering database usage and quality information from the biological community.
- MB should facilitate more communication between the database developer and user communities.
- Potentially MB could be used as a source of 'genuine' meta-data for data integration projects.
- MB should be published in a suitable open access journal.
This list of requirements should not be considered static. The above aims can be constantly revised to meet new requirements as they arise.
