e!DAL-PGP – Plant Genomics and Phenomics Research Data Repository

The Plant Genomics and Phenomics Research Data Repository (e!DAL-PGP) is an infrastructure to publish comprehensive plant research data. This covers in particular cross-domain datasets that are not being published in central repositories because of its volume or unsupported data scope.

A desktop-application is available to upload large datasets to e!DAL-PGP. For smaller publications, also an intuitive web interface is provided. The user authentication features ELIXIR AAI, GOOGLE or ORCIDaccounts. Accepted data domains are among others image collections from plant phenotyping, unfinished genomes, genotyping data, visualizations of morphological plant models, data from mass spectrometry as well as software and documents.

Scientific data curation services (incl. taxonomic services)

e!DAL-PGP curates, archives and publishes plant-related research data. Thereby the datasets have no fixed file structure or defined records. Every published dataset is referenced with a DOI to guarantee a FAIR-aware and long-term stable citation. This means a DOI can refer to a single file but also to a comprehensive folder containing multiple files or subdirectories depending on the data domain. All datasets must be supplied by technical metadata and reviewed by two scientific and one administrative reviewer for (meta-)data quality and reusability. The user is guided by e-mails through the review process. Data submitters can define an optional embargo date. Every published dataset is referenced with a DOI to guarantee a FAIR-aware and long-term stable citation.

Data domains

Accepted data domains are among others image collections from plant phenotyping, unfinished genomes, genotyping data, visualizations of morphological plant models, data from mass spectrometry as well as software and documents.

IT services

The eDAL-PGP is built on the e!DAL (electronic Data Archive Library) framework, which is a lightweight Java-based software framework for maintaining, publishing and sharing research data.

Data submission and accession

Datasets can be submitted via a desktop application or web application. Beside functionalities for browsing, filtering and downloading of datasets, download and access statistics are provided for each DOI (https://doi.ipk-gatersleben.de/report).

Data backup and archiving

Data backup and archiving facilities are hosted at the IPK with a Hierarchical Storage Management System (HSM) as data archival backend.

Data publication

Datasets are registered with a unique DOI at DataCite, to ensure long-term accessibility and citability of the data.

For more information refer to:

• Arend et al. The on-premise data sharing infrastructure e!DAL: Foster FAIR data for faster data acquisition. GigaScience. 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa107
• Arend et al. - PGP repository: a plant phenomics and genomics data publication infrastructure. Database. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baw033
• Arend et al. - e! DAL-a framework to store, share and publish research data. BMC Bioinformatics. 2014. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-15-214

User services

Helpdesk and user workshops.

All data published with e!DAL-PGP are a Creative Commons License. The following types are possible: CC-0, CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND, CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA and CC-BY-NC-ND.  For an open access publication CC-0, CC-BY and CC-BY-SA are recommended.

More information is available in the e!DAL-PGP Data Deposition and License Agreement.

e!DAL-PGP webpage and short video tutorial.

The central IT of the IPK Gatersleben as part of the resaerch group Bioinformatics and Information Technology (BIT) performs the technical operation. 

Data backup and archiving facilities are hosted at the IPK Gatersleben with a Hierarchical Storage Management System (HSM) as data archival backend.