Prototyping a Tool for Processing Genetic Meta-Data in Microbiological Laboratories

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Jun 16:270:397-401. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200190.

Abstract

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies allow improved understanding of pathogens. In the upstream processing of generating genomic data, there is still a lack of process-oriented tools for managing corresponding meta data. In this paper, we provide a description of how a process-oriented software prototype was developed that allowed the capture and collation of metadata involved when doing NGS. Our question was: How to develop an interactive web application that supports the process-oriented management of genetic data independent of any sequencing technique?

Keywords: data management; microbiological data; ngs; web application.

MeSH terms

  • Genomics
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing*
  • Metadata
  • Software*