Opinion paper: Data provenance challenges inbiomedical research
- Benjamin Baum
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Head of WG Infrastructure for Translational Research, Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Abstract
In this opinion paper we provide anoverview of some challenges concerning data provenance in biomedicalresearch. We reflect current literature and depict someexamples of existing implicit or explicit provenance aspects in somestandard data types in translational research.Furthermore, we assess the need of further dataprovenance standardization in biomedical informatics.Basic data provenance should provide a recall about the origin of thedata, transformation process steps,support replication and presentation of the data. Eventhough usable concepts for the documentation of data provenance can be foundin other fields as early as 2005, the penetration ratein biomedical projects and in the biomedical literature is quitelow. The awareness for the necessity of basic dataprovenance has to be raised, the education of datamanagers has to be further improved.
About the authors
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Head of WG Infrastructure for Translational Research, Department of Medical Informatics, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Acknowledgement
Some Aspects of this article were presented at the HEC 2016 conferenceand were cited accordingly [1].
This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Educationand Research (BMBF) in the context of the following projects: DZHK81Z7300173 and 81X1300101, GenoPerspektiv 01GP1402, sysINFLAME01ZX1306C, myPathSem 031L0024A and IDRT1/2 by the TMF/BMBF grant01GI1003 as well as the German Research Foundation (DFG) within thegrant for the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1002, subprojectINF.
©2017 Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Data integration in life sciences
- Thematic Issue: Data Integration in Life Sciences
- Integration and visualization of spatial data in LIFE
- How to improve information extraction from German medical records
- Integration and virtual reality exploration of biomedical data with CmPI and VANTED
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- Distinguished Dissertations
- On narrowing the gap between verification and systematic testing
