Keeping your data alive with harmonized repositories

Most data are already dead. Too many papers present only summary statistics or scatterplots. Losing those data makes those papers anecdotes. Replication would require resampling, sometimes impossible. Data in tables are little better, requiring ripping for re-use. Archives and supplements leave data only discoverable through papers. Harmonized repositories keep data alive. Data are kept in an up-to-date format, linked to ontologies that make sense of the values. Ontologies link to other repositories, enabling contextual discovery. Researchers on one system can discover relevant data from others. Wouldn’t you want your life’s work available forever? Don’t let your data die with you.