rBEFdata: Documenting data exchange and analysis for a collaborative data management platform
We are witnessing a growing gap separating primary research data from derived data products presented as knowledge in publications. Although journals today more often require the underlying data products used to derive the results as a prerequisite for a publication the important link to the primary data is lost. However documenting the post-processing steps of data linking the primary data with derived data products has the potential to increase the accuracy and the reproducibility of scientific findings significantly. Here we introduce the rBEFdata R package as companion to the collaborative data management platform BEFdata. The R package provides programmatic access to
features of the platform. It allows to search for data and integrates the search with external thesauri to improve the data discovery. It allows to download and import data and metadata into R for analysis. A batched download is available as well which works along a paper proposal mechanism implemented by BEFdata. This feature of BEFdata allows to group primary data and metadata and streamlines discussions and collaborations revolving around a certain research idea. The upload functionality of the R package in combination with the paper proposal mechanism of the portal allows to attach derived data products and scripts directly from R, thus addressing major aspects of documenting data post-processing. We present the core features of the rBEFdata R package along an ecological analysis example and further discuss the potential of post processing documentation for data, linking primary
data with derived data products and knowledge.
2013-04-23 10:18:29 UTC
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Z2e Integrated data management and synthesis
Claas-Thido Pfaff
claas-thido.pfaff@uni-leipzig.de
Christian Wirth
cwirth@uni-leipzig.de
Karin Nadrowski
nadrowski@uni-leipzig.de
Xingxing Man
manxingxing@gmail.com
Anne Lang
anne_christina.lang@uni-leipzig.de
Claas-Thido Pfaff
claas-thido.pfaff@uni-leipzig.de
Pilot experiment: plot treatment and -location within the blocks
main
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Martin Baruffol
martin.baruffol@gmail.com
Martin Böhnke
martin.boehnke@botanik.uni-halle.de
Sabine Both
sabine.both@botanik.uni-halle.de
Matteo Brezzi
matteo.brezzi@ieu.uzh.ch
Anne Lang
anne_christina.lang@uni-leipzig.de
Juliana Nates Jimenez
juliana.nates@ieu.uzh.ch
Ricarda Pohl
pohl.ricarda@gmail.com
Yann Salmon
yann.salmon@helsinki.fi
Karin Nadrowski
nadrowski@uni-leipzig.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/102/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/102/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
Pilot experiment: tree sapling 15N recovery in leaves and fine roots
main
true
Anne Lang
anne_christina.lang@uni-leipzig.de
Werner Härdtle, Prof.
werner.haerdtle@leuphana.de
Goddert von Oheimb
Goddert_v_Oheimb@tu-dresden.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/334/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/334/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
Pilot experiment: tree sapling competition- system 15N retention
main
true
Anne Lang
anne_christina.lang@uni-leipzig.de
Werner Härdtle, Prof.
werner.haerdtle@leuphana.de
Goddert von Oheimb
Goddert_v_Oheimb@tu-dresden.de
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/335/download
https://data.bef-china.de/bef-china/datasets/335/download.csv?separate_category_columns=true
Ecology and Evolution
2015-05-04
accepted