WBConfCall 2019.04.18-Agenda and Minutes

Agenda

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NIH Trustworthy Data Repositories workshop

• Chris attended last week (April 8th and 9th)
• Focus on Core Trust Seal certification (https://www.coretrustseal.org/)
• 16 (+1) requirements
• Examples of accepted certification applications
  • wwPDB
  • ImmPort
  • Mendeley Data
• UniProt just applied
  • Said it took 2-3 months calendar time (not full time effort; essentially only one person); already had most of the requested documentation
• Costs
  • 1,000 Euros application fee; lasts three years
  • Covers five (5) attempts to submit (most accepted after 2 or 3 attempts)
• Benefits?
  • Potential discounts from Amazon or Google for having certification
    • STRIDES (Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability) Initiative
    • Will help researchers implement cloud services
    • Already have Alliance as a test case
  • Strength on future grant applications and/or renewals
  • Collaborators may be more inclined to share data and/or resources
  • Improved documentation of plans and workflows
  • Improved transparency for our users
• May want for Alliance more than for WormBase at this point
• NOT yet a requirement being imposed by funding agencies like the NIH/NHGRI