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Recommendation 4.4
Recommendation to data infrastructures to allow to assign IGSNs to data records
Description
Status:
Motivation for this Recommendation:
Integrating IGSNs into data infrastructures enhances the quality, consistency, and interoperability of sample metadata. When systems support the capture and exposure of IGSNs—along with parent-child sample relationships—sample-based data becomes more discoverable, reusable, and reliably linked to other research outputs. Making IGSNs part of harvestable metadata allows for better integration across repositories and platforms, while treating them as authoritative identifiers helps maintain accurate and up-to-date records. This contributes to a more robust, transparent, and FAIR-aligned data ecosystem.
Recommendation
It is recommended, that data infrastructures:
- allow to record an IGSN to identify samples and parent samples and make this data part of the metadata available for harvesting.
- treat IGSN metadata as the primary source of truth and update the internal metadata accordingly as neccesary.
Binding Convention:
| mandatory | conditional | optional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helmholtz FAIR Principle |
Precondition for Implementation:
Related Recommendations
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Contributors
Names of contributors to this recommendation
Content
1. Explanation of the Background and Benefits of the Recommendation
About
History and structure
Current Use of …
Motivation
2. Possible alternative solutions
3. Consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the recommendation
(quality of content, limitations, interoperability, sustainability: expected future dissemination / technical availability / funding)
4. The Recommendation
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