The need for standardisation in life science research - an approach to excellence and trust. [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]

  • Today, academic researchers benefit from the changes driven by digital technologies and the enormous growth of knowledge and data, on globalisation, enlargement of the scientific community, and the linkage between different scientific communities and the society. To fully benefit from this development, however, information needs to be shared openly and transparently. Digitalisation plays a major role here because it permeates all areas of business, science and society and is one of the key drivers for innovation and international cooperation. To address the resulting opportunities, the EU promotes the development and use of collaborative ways to produce and share knowledge and data as early as possible in the research process, but also to appropriately secure results with the European strategy for Open Science (OS). It is now widely recognised that making research results more accessible to all societal actors contributes to more effective and efficient science; it also serves as a boost for innovation in the public and private sectors. However for research data to be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable the use of standards is essential. At the metadata level, considerable efforts in standardisation have already been made (e.g. Data Management Plan and FAIR Principle etc.), whereas in context with the raw data these fundamental efforts are still fragmented and in some cases completely missing. The CHARME consortium, funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Agency, has identified needs and gaps in the field of standardisation in the life sciences and also discussed potential hurdles for implementation of standards in current practice. Here, the authors suggest four measures in response to current challenges to ensure a high quality of life science research data and their re-usability for research and innovation.

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Author:Susanne Hollmann, Andreas Kremer, Špela Baebler, Christophe Trefois, Kristina Gruden, Witold R. Rudnicki, Weida Tong, Aleksandra Gruca, Erik Bongcam-RudloffORCiD, Chris T. Evelo, Alina NechyporenkoORCiD, Marcus FrohmeORCiDGND, David Šafránek, Babette Regierer, Domenica D'EliaORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-13891
DOI (Version of Record):https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27500.1
ISSN:2046-1402
Parent Title (English):F1000Research
Document Type:Preprint
Language:English
Year of Publication:2020
Publishing Institution:Technische Hochschule Wildau
Release Date:2021/04/07
Tag:Education; FAIR Principles; Open Access; Open Data; Open Science; Quality Management; Standardisation
Volume:9
Article Number:1398
Source:Hollmann S, Kremer A, Baebler Š et al. The need for standardisation in life science research - an approach to excellence and trust. [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]. F1000Research 2020, 9:1398 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27500.1)
Faculties an central facilities:Fachbereich Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
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