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datacollection of discrete or continuous values that convey information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted formally (Source: Wikipedia) | |
databasea collection of data which is organized and stored electronically. Databases are designed for storing and managing data efficiently | |
dataseta collection of data, usually for analysis or archiving purposes | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)an actionable, interoperable, persistent link to any entity (thing: physical, digital, or abstract) (Source: DOI Foundation) | |
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file formatthe description of how information or data is encoded for storage in a computer file | |
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identifiera sequence of characters that identifies an entity which can be either a physical or legal entity, a bioinformatics resource or a concept | |
interoperablecompatible or suitable for exchange and use, be it by humans or machines | |
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licensean official, usually legal, text specifying what can and cannot be done with something | |
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ontologya common vocabulary used to share information in a domain. It includes machine-interpretable definitions of basic concepts in the domain and relations among them | |
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softwarethe set of instructions that can be stored and run by computer hardware | |