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FAIR data pipeline: provenance-driven data management for traceable scientific workflows
- Source :
- Mitchell, S N, Lahiff, A, Cummings, N, Hollocombe, J, Boskamp, B, Field, R, Reddyhoff, D, Zarebski, K, Wilson, A, Viola, B, Burke, M, Archibald, B, Bessell, P, Blackwell, R, Boden, L A, Brett, A, Brett, S, Dundas, R, Enright, J, Gonzalez-Beltran, A N, Harris, C, Hinder, I, David Hughes, C, Knight, M, Mano, V, McMonagle, C, Mellor, D, Mohr, S, Marion, G, Matthews, L, McKendrick, I J, Mark Pooley, C, Porphyre, T, Reeves, A, Townsend, E, Turner, R, Walton, J & Reeve, R 2022, ' FAIR data pipeline : provenance-driven data management for traceable scientific workflows ', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 380, no. 2233, 20210300 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2021.0300, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2022, 380 (2233), ⟨10.1098/rsta.2021.0300⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- The Royal Society, 2022.
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Abstract
- Modern epidemiological analyses to understand and combat the spread of disease depend critically on access to, and use of, data. Rapidly evolving data, such as data streams changing during a disease outbreak, are particularly challenging. Data management is further complicated by data being imprecisely identified when used. Public trust in policy decisions resulting from such analyses is easily damaged and is often low, with cynicism arising where claims of ‘following the science’ are made without accompanying evidence. Tracing the provenance of such decisions back through open software to primary data would clarify this evidence, enhancing the transparency of the decision-making process. Here, we demonstrate a Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data pipeline. Although developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, it allows easy annotation of any data as they are consumed by analyses, or conversely traces the provenance of scientific outputs back through the analytical or modelling source code to primary data. Such a tool provides a mechanism for the public, and fellow scientists, to better assess scientific evidence by inspecting its provenance, while allowing scientists to support policymakers in openly justifying their decisions. We believe that such tools should be promoted for use across all areas of policy-facing research. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Technical challenges of modelling real-life epidemics and examples of overcoming these’.
- Subjects :
- FOS: Computer and information sciences
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
General Mathematics
General Engineering
COVID-19
General Physics and Astronomy
Computer Science - Digital Libraries
Quantitative Biology - Quantitative Methods
Workflow
FOS: Biological sciences
Humans
Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
[INFO]Computer Science [cs]
Pandemics
Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
Software
Data Management
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14712962 and 1364503X
- Volume :
- 380
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....16a702da9a11b8817950011b5202a3cd
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2021.0300