Data import: checklist (draft)

Data import: Checklist

This checklist is intended to help formalize the decision-making process for importing new data into Pathway Commons. The aim is to help structure and update information about providers along with useful considerations about the data and the actual status of import.

Contact

• Homepage -
• Downloads -
• Other -

Value

• Uniqueness
• Size (No. interactions)
• Curation
• Database identifiers
• Publications associated
• Biological area covered

Format

• Available as standard
  • BioPAX
  • PSI-MI
  • Does validate
    • Has gene identifiers
    • Has publication references
    • Estimated coverage
  • Usability
    • Is usable
    • Not usable
      • Provider can do all required work
      • Pathway Commons must do required work
        • Estimated time, effort
        • Tasks required
• Not available as standard
  • Provider can do all required work
  • Pathway Commons will do required work
    • Estimated time, effort
    • Tasks required

Data (post-conversion)

• Can load in partial data
• Compatibility
  • SIF
  • Visualization

Maintenance

• Provider will host
• Pathway Commons will host
  • Data is updated

Legal

• Available without restriction
• Restrictions on private and for-profit uses
• Restrictions on data modification