Should non-peer-reviewed raw DNA sequence data release be forced on the scientific community?

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5287, 1996, Pages 534-536

  Adams, Mark D ^a   Venter, J Craig ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0029831201     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5287.534     Document Type: Short Survey

References (12)

1. E. Marshall, Science 272, 477 (1996).
2. The NIH-DOE 6-month policy (NIH-DOE Guidelines for Access to Mapping and Sequencing Data and Material Resources) can be found at http://www. nchgr.nih.gov:80/Grant_info/Funding/Statements/data_release.html.
3. The National Center for Human Genome Research rapid release policy (Policy on Availability and Patenting of Human Genomic DNA Sequence Produced by NCHGR Pilot Projects, 9 April 1996) can be found at http://www.nchgr.nih.gov/Grant_info/Funding/Statements/patenting.html.
4. The Washington University Genome Sequencing Center FTP site (ftp://genome.wustl.edu/pub/gsc1/sequence/README) reads: "This archive site contains prerelease versions of the data, and we ask that you keep the following in mind: 1) These data should be used for internal research purposes only and not for redistribution. If other researchers request a copy of the sequence, please have them contact the Caenorhabditis elegans sequencing project directly. 2) This is not the final version of the sequence and may contain errors, this is especially true of the data in the shotgun and finishing directories. However, we feel it is of sufficient interest to be prereleased. 3) Please consult with us before publication of any results related to this sequence until this sequence has been officially released. After it has been released, you are welcome to publish the results of your research as long as Washington University and the C elegans sequencing project are acknowledged appropriately."
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