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FAIRtracks is a JSON Schema defining a minimal standard for genomic track metadata.
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Redundant contact info? #44

Open dzerbino opened 4 years ago

dzerbino commented 4 years ago

Contact information is required at both the collection and the study level, is that too much?

sveinugu commented 4 years ago

Yes, I think I agree. But the study level should perhaps have some requirements as to external links. What about that we require at least one of the following?:

By the way:

sveinugu commented 4 years ago

Note that in my mind, a collection could also in theory be a "mixtape" of tracks from several sources gathered for a particular purpose by someone. Thus the contact info of the collection might have nothing to do with the study. @dzerbino In our case, I suppose the contact of the studies should not really be you anyway (which might be why you raised the issue in the first place?).