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The Database of Databases

Jan 04, 2007

The latest issue of Nucleic Acid Research is the journal's annual database roundup. This year, the database list is "the largest yet [with] 68 new databases and updates of 106 existing databases," according to an editorial by Alex Batemen of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Bateman's editorial is a nice look at the current state of databases, and offers several suggestions for how to build a good database, starting with: "The quality, quantity and originality of data as well as the quality of the web interface are the most important. Good data with a poor interface or vice versa are never sufficient for consideration."

 

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