ROAR: ANALYZE DATAANALYZE DATA
The ROAR databases are designed to encourage and facilitate
analysis of ROAR data by interested investigators. A major
objective of the ROAR II Project is to develop or facilitate the
development of quantitative methods describing the flow of
resistance-conveying genes from commensal and environmental
bacteria to pathogenic bacteria.
We invite interested, capable investigators to use multiple ROAR
datasets for large-scale statistical analysis, developing or
testing mathematical models, or otherwise quantifying resistance
and the transfer of resistance across bacterial populations.
There are several actions you can take that will facilitate your
analysis of ROAR Data:
Inform ROAR Staff (Why?)
Read ROAR’s Terms of Use Document and confirm that you
understand your obligations. See summary of obligations below.
Obligations of Data Analyzers
Analysis of data is unrestricted, with the following exceptions,
as per our Terms of Use:
If you publish ROAR data or an analysis of ROAR data, you must
(i) Acknowledge the site and specific data provider(s) whose
dataset(s) you used in your analysis by citing the data source as
“Data provided by [name and institution of investigator(s)] to
the ROAR Isolate Database, http://db.roarproject.org”; and
(ii) Provide notice of your publication to ROAR staff by
posting the publication (see Post Publication).
If you present ROAR data or an analysis of ROAR data, you must
(i) Acknowledge the site by describing the data source as “The
ROAR Isolate Database, http://db.roarproject.org”,
(ii) Use reasonable efforts to include an attribution to the
specific data providers (those who provided datasets used by
you); and
(iii) Provide notice of your presentation to ROAR staff by
posting the abstract (see Post Publication).
You are legally bound to fulfill these obligations only if you
analyze, publish, or present ROAR data that was originally
generated and contributed to the ROAR Database by another
investigator. If you analyze, publish, or present ROAR data that
was originally generated by your lab, you are not legally bound
to fulfill these obligations.
Why You Should Inform ROAR Staff
Although you are NOT obligated to inform ROAR staff when you
analyze ROAR data (with the exceptions noted above), we highly
encourage you to contact us throughout your analysis.
One aim of the ROAR Project is to build and maintain a network of
scientists interested in bacterial reservoirs. ROAR Staff members
regularly interact with hundreds of scientists, consultants, and
other professionals in the field. We are also intimately familiar
with the ROAR datasets and related publications. We may be able
to facilitate your analysis in several ways. We can:
- Give you Analysis level access to ease downloading of datasets.
- Help you identify ROAR datasets appropriate to your analysis.
- Identify and solicit specific datasets of interest to you from
other investigators.
- Give you selected datasets in the original format in which we
received them.
- Identify and collect publications of topical interest to your
analysis.
- Help you identify and collect publications that cite, describe,
or characterize the data you are analyzing.
- Help you identify possible collaborators and initiate a
relationship with them.
- Initiate a relationship between you and the investigators who
generated and submitted datasets you are analyzing.
- Provide additional information about datasets that is not
available through the database.
Additionally, if you establish contact with us we can more easily
respond to your questions and keep you updated when there are
changes or new datasets of interest to you. If you have any
questions or would like to inform ROAR that you are interested in
analysis, please contact us with your
questions, contact information, and a brief description of your
analysis.
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