The metadata coverage index (MCI):A standardized metric for quantifying database metadata richness

Standards in Genomic Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 444-453

  Liolios, Konstantinos ^a   Schriml, Lynn ^b   Hirschman, Lynette ^c   Pagani, Ioanna ^a   Nosrat, Bahador ^a   Sterk, Peter ^d   White, Owen ^b   Rocca Serra, Philippe ^e   Sansone, Susanna Assunta ^e   Taylor, Chris ^d   Kyrpides, Nikos C ^a   Field, Dawn ^e,f  

^a DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; DATA BASE; DATA PROCESSING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; METADATA COVERAGE INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ONLINE SYSTEM;

EID: 84865209634     PISSN: 19443277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4056/sigs.2675953     Document Type: Article

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