PHYSIO-ARCH: OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR ARCHIVING OF PHYSIOLOGIC DATA

这个子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和调查员(PI)可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可能会出现在其他CRISE条目中。列出的机构是针对中心的，而不一定是针对调查员的机构。研究资源的一个主要目标是促进生理学和医学科学界内的数据存档。我们发现，许多小型、中型、甚至一些大型研究在收集过程中或收集后都不会适当地将数据归档。其结果是，失去了宝贵的信息，所报告的调查结果的价值也降低了。我们认为，数据存档的状况是由于社区内部缺乏对问题的认识，加上缺乏适当和可用的软件。作为补救措施，我们一直在开发一个用于在线、预期和协作存档生理数据的软件平台，称为Physio-Arch。研究资源正在积极使用和开发这一新组件，为几个项目的数据提供私人中转区。Physio-Arch项目的目标是创建一套工具，使研究人员能够快速建立自定义数据档案，以支持正在进行的研究和永久档案。该平台基于开放源码软件技术，从而形成了构建特定实现的廉价且高度可修改的基础。Physio-Arch是一个基于服务器的系统，允许多个用户通过标准界面(如Web浏览器)与中央数据存储库交互。此外，Physio-Arch支持使用关系数据库以结构化和可搜索的形式索引数据。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. A primary goal of the Research Resource is to facilitate the archiving of data within the physiologic and medical science communities. We have discovered that many small, medium, and even some large sized studies do not appropriately archive data during or after collection. As a result, invaluable information is lost and the value of reported findings is degraded. We believe the state of data archiving is due to a lack of recognition of the problem within the community, paired with the absence of appropriate and usable software. As a remedy, we have been developing a software platform for online, prospective, and collaborative archiving of physiologic data, called Physio-Arch. This new component is being actively used and developed by the Research Resource to provide private staging areas for data from several projects. The goal of the Physio-Arch project is to create a set of tools that will enable researchers to rapidly build custom data archives to support on-going studies and permanent archival. The platform is based on open source software technologies, resulting in an inexpensive and highly modifiable base on which to build specific implementations. Physio-Arch is a server-based system that allows multiple users to interact with a central repository of data via standard interfaces, like a web browser. In addition, Physio-Arch supports the use of relational databases to index data in a structured and searchable form.