Lowering the Barrier to Data Entry --Experiences with ISA-TAB-Nano and isatoolsDamaris MurryNanomaterial Registry, Center for Aerosol and Nanomaterial Engineering (CANE)

Curation in the Nanomaterial RegistryTask 1: Defining Data Structure & Process for Data Collection

Curation in the Nanomaterial RegistryTask 2: Building Infrastructure & Data Entry Tool

History of Curation ToolBalancing Curation Timeline, Data Quality, and User Interface

Easy to implement, difficult to maintain

Easy to maintain, data migration issues

Smart data entry, software in progress

Workflow management, UI in progress

custom curation tool

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Why isatools?“Smart” Data Entry

vocabulary standard

NPO Minimal

Information

StandardNanomaterial

Registry

Step 1: Mapping to ISA-Tab-Nano

Step 2: Writing Configuation

Step 3: Data Entry

Step 4: Migration to Database & SME Review

Final Step: Data Display

Highlights and Challenges of Working with isaToolsa work in progress

Working with manually created filesMapping to the Nanomaterial Registry configuration file

For batch files not created with our NR configuration (ex. NBI), we did a mapping of the Excel file structure to the Nanomaterial Registry configuration

file

Complex Experimental DesignsEndpoint Associations & Summarization

Next Steps Toward Collaboration:materials tab extension, SQL server export, enhanced

configuration, visualization, web curation

Conclusions• Collaboration potential: ISA-Tab-Nano, NPO & other ontologies, isaTools, and

Nanomaterial Registry

• Technical Challenges: bugs, UI enhancements, material tab support, existing data, data provenance

• Social Challenges: broad user acceptance, flexibility, user-friendly interface, outreach, incentives Data currently available in Nanomaterial registry

A tool for the storing, sharing, and analysis of data from the nanomaterial communityA tool for the storing, sharing, and analysis of data from the nanomaterial community

Web Address:Web Address:

www.nanomaterialregistry.org www.nanomaterialregistry.org Web Address:Web Address:

www.nanomaterialregistry.org www.nanomaterialregistry.org

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