Data & Federation services

URGI provides a comprehensive FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data management and repository service, designed to maximize genetic, phenotypic, and genomic data usage and access by the research community. We have a key role and expertise for plant genetic resources and phenomics data management and exchange within national and internationals infrastructures.

The Data and Federation activities of the URGI facility relies on the following services:

FAIR data management and repository

URGI supports data curation, standardization, validation and sharing in GnpIS information system (core database, Genome Browsers, Intermines, BLAST) and the submission in international data repositories ( Recherche Data Gouv/URGI , ENA). Thus, it facilitates data visibility and reusability as well as a first level of integration i.e. linking between heterogeneous datasets through common genetic resources.

URGI develops and promote standards for phenotyping data exchange.

In the frame of national or European projects, we also offer support for data management, including the design and steering of data exchange workflows, using URGI storage infrastructure and dedicated tools such as Fairdom-Seek .

Data portals for federations

URGI develops data portal for national ( RARe ) and international ( FAIDARE , WheatIS ) federations and manage the communities behind them. These portals allow finding of different type of public research data using lightweight keyword based search, plus dedicated filters.

The service includes support for adding new sources to these federations.

Training and support for FAIR data management

The platform has also created training courses and materials for the plant community to disseminate best practices for FAIR management of phenotyping data. These training courses, offered since 2018 on a national and international scale, have enabled us to consolidate modular training adapted to as many needs as possible, from beginners who want to share standardized data in Recherche Data Gouv, to advanced users who want to do semantics or use federated data portals.

You can find our training sessions and materials on ELIXIR training catalog TeSS (Training eSupport System) and on IFB moodle .

For the past 4 years, URGI has been regularly assisting groups in setting up their Data Management Plans (DMP), either for projects or entities such as BRC and facilities.