There is more in your data! - How semantic data management can boost scientific efficiency
In nearly all scientifi c fields\, increasing amounts of data are generated nowadays. In many case s\, not only the mere quantity of data increases\, but also their complexi ty which can be characterized by a huge variety of data formats and interc onnections. Although modern IT systems provide vast possibilities for stor ing\, distributing\, processing and analysing these data\, in many setups rather simple scientific inquiries cannot be answered with sufficient qual ity. One important example is the retrieval of raw or possibly preprocesse d data which were used for a specific analysis included in a specific publ ication. For some scientific fields\, specific solutions exist\, like elec tronic lab notebooks or laboratory inventory systems\, but still fail to a cquire widespread uptake. A common obstacle is that the adaption of a new data management workflow can be very time-consuming and too heavily influe nce established workflows within a workgroup. In this talk I will present concepts\, workflows and a software implementation which have been develop ed at our Research Group Biomedical Physics in order to target these issue s. Our open-source software CaosDB implements a flexible semantic data mod el and provides practical tools to integrate and search high amounts of co mplex interconnected data. It will be shown that the semantic nature of th is data management system facilitates posing complex scientific queries al lowing for a more efficient and versatile data analysis.
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