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

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心，不一定是研究者所在机构。研究资源的主要目标是促进生理和医学科学界的数据存档。我们发现，许多小型、中型甚至一些大型研究在收集期间或之后都没有适当地存档数据。结果，宝贵的信息丢失，报告的调查结果的价值降低。我们认为，数据归档的状态是由于社区内缺乏对问题的认识，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软件平台，用于在线、前瞻性和协作性的生理数据存档，称为Physio-Arch。这个新的组件正在被研究资源积极使用和开发，为来自多个项目的数据提供私人暂存区域。Physio-Arch项目的目标是创建一套工具，使研究人员能够快速构建自定义数据存档，以支持正在进行的研究和永久存档。该平台基于开放源代码软件技术，从而为构建具体实施提供了一个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）与中央数据库进行交互。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.