Form 1 2020 NCBI CoLab Datasets Survey

2020 NCBI CoLab Dataset Survey

OMB Control Number: 0925-0648

Expiration Date: 05/31/2021

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 minutes per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
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Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to NIH, Project clearance Branch,
6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0648). Do
not return the completed form to this address.

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Q1 Select a professional category that best describes you.

o Life Science Researcher
o Clinical Testing Laboratory Staff
o Health Professional / Clinician
o Bioinformatics Professional
o Computer Scientist / Software Developer
o Educator
o Student
o Librarian / Information Specialist
Q2 Select a category that best describes your organization.

o College or University
o Commercial or Industry
o Non-Profit Organization
o Government
o Clinical diagnostics
o Clinical research

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Q3 What is your preferred way of accessing sequence data? Select one.

o Command line
o API
o Web interface
o Other (please list below) ________________________________________________

Q4 Which programming languages do you use?

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Python
R
C++
Perl
JavaScript

Other (please list below)
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Q5 What type of data are you looking for?

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Gene sequence
Gene expression
Genome sequence
Genetic variation
Associated metadata for sequences

Other (please list below)
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Q6 How do you query for data?

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Taxonomy
Gene symbol
NCBI accession
Ensembl accession

Other (please list below)
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Q7 What metadata format(s) do you prefer for your workflow? Select all that apply.

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CSV
TSV
JSON
YAML
Other ________________________________________________

Q8 What annotation format(s) do you prefer for your workflow? Select all that apply.

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GFF
GTF

Other (please list below)
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Q9 Do you have any recommendations on how we can improve NCBI Datasets?
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Q10 On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend NCBI Datasets to a friend
or colleague?

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