Technical and organizational considerations for the long-term maintenance and development of digital brain atlases and web-based databases.
Technical and organizational considerations for the long-term maintenance and development of digital brain atlases and web-based databases.
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DOI：
10.3389/fnsys.2010.00026
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发表时间：
2010
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3
通讯作者：
Ito K
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作者：
Ito K
数字脑图谱是一种专门提供大脑神经元和神经胶质细胞信息的图像数据库。它具有传统纸质地图集无法比拟的各种优势。然而，如果不加以适当的注意，这些优点可能变成缺点。由于数字地图集可以提供无限数量的数据，因此它们的设计应尽量减少冗余，并保持记录的一致性，这些记录可能由不同的工作人员逐步添加。由于数字地图集很容易修改，因此需要有一个系统来确保用户能够查阅在某一特定时期的论文中可能引用过的以前的版本。为了将我们的知识传承给我们的后代，这些数据库应该保持很长一段时间，远远超过100年，就像印刷的书籍和论文一样。应认真考虑采取技术和组织措施，以便能够长期存档。与数据库的最初发展相比，后来为提高其内容的质量和数量所作的努力没有得到高度重视，因为这些任务没有以出版物的形式实现。这一事实极大地阻碍了数字地图集在最初推出后的持续扩大和外部捐助。要解决这些问题，生物发酵剂的作用至关重要。欣赏不写论文的人的科学成就，为他们建立安全的学术生涯路径，是为这一非常重要的工作招募人才所不可或缺的。
Digital brain atlas is a kind of image database that specifically provide information about neurons and glial cells in the brain. It has various advantages that are unmatched by conventional paper-based atlases. Such advantages, however, may become disadvantages if appropriate cares are not taken. Because digital atlases can provide unlimited amount of data, they should be designed to minimize redundancy and keep consistency of the records that may be added incrementally by different staffs. The fact that digital atlases can easily be revised necessitates a system to assure that users can access previous versions that might have been cited in papers at a particular period. To inherit our knowledge to our descendants, such databases should be maintained for a very long period, well over 100 years, like printed books and papers. Technical and organizational measures to enable long-term archive should be considered seriously. Compared to the initial development of the database, subsequent efforts to increase the quality and quantity of its contents are not regarded highly, because such tasks do not materialize in the form of publications. This fact strongly discourages continuous expansion of, and external contributions to, the digital atlases after its initial launch. To solve these problems, the role of the biocurators is vital. Appreciation of the scientific achievements of the people who do not write papers, and establishment of the secure academic career path for them, are indispensable for recruiting talents for this very important job.