Simplifying biomedical data sharing through a web portal generator

Abstract

Despite the huge amount of biomedical data that is currently being collected, they end up many times neglected in internal silos, hindering its discovery and exploration at a large scale. One issue that contributes to this scenario is the complexity in constructing a full-fleshed web-system, to capture and manage these multiple and heterogeneous datasets.To help simplifying this task, we propose an semi-automated solution for the development of web-based data catalogs, targeted for non technical users. Starting from a simple data model description, the system automatically generates user interfaces and services for data management. This engine is being successfully used in several European research communities.