Repository details

WormBase

Name of repository
WormBase
Additional name(s)
  • facilitating insights into nematode biology
Repository URL
https://www.wormbase.org/
Subject(s)
Description
Launched in 2000, WormBase is an international consortium of biologists and computer scientists dedicated to providing the research community with accurate, current, accessible information concerning the genetics, genomics and biology of C. elegans and some related nematodes. In addition to their curation work, all sites have ongoing programs in bioinformatics research to develop the next generations of WormBase structure, content and accessibility
Contact
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
  • RRID:nif-0000-00053
  • RRID:SCR_003098
  • OMICS_01664
  • FAIRsharing_doi:10.25504/FAIRsharing.zx1td8
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://wormbase.org/about#01--10
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
Institution name
Medical Research Council
Additional name(s)
  • MRC
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:03x94j517
  • RRID:SCR_011018
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
US National Institutes of Health, National Human Genome Research Institute
Additional name(s)
  • NHGRI
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:00baak391
  • RRID:SCR_011416
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
WormBase consortium
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy Name
Policies

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • DSpace
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://wormbase.org//about/citing_wormbase#012--10
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (2)

API type
FTP
API type
REST

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
WormBase is covered by Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index. is covered by Elsevier. WormBase is one of the organizations participating in the Generic Model Organism Database (GMOD) project. Wormbase software ist hosted at GitHub
Entry date
2013-07-01
Last update
2023-11-21
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re3data.org: WormBase; editing status 2023-11-21; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3089Z last accessed: 2024-09-13