The following table lists some frequently asked questions about DME:
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What kind of data can be stored in DME? | (TBD: Ben's message mentioned Long term storage, high value datasets; Lab data; and External datasets for this question. The Word document user guide mentions data produced from high performance computing systems; the data storage and data management needs of NCI cancer community; sequencing project, imaging study or any data analysis project; A collection can be any category of business domain entities such as: Project, Dataset, Folder, Samples, Runs, and so on. Which of these points are currently valid? What else can this row mention?) |
| Why should I use DME? | Though each laboratory or NCI business unit may adopt or engage with a variety of biomedical/clinical research and produce many forms of data, HPC DME does enable flexibility for each DOC to have their own way of organizing/structuring how their data/metadata is presented or preserved. Each collection can have its own required set of metadata which needs to be submitted at the time of registration. This required metadata can be configured by a system administrator with input from each DOC’s group administrator. DME allows and fully supports specific validation rules (policies) when they are registered into the archive. It is up to each DOC to come up, agree upon and determine how these policies will be enforced, standardized, to certain extent. Some DOC groups may script or automate the generations of their actual data/metadata files in their LIMS system to enable seamless integration between LIMS and HPC DME with little human intervention, verifying against all rules defined in the policy file. (TBD: The Word document user guide mentions the above points. What else can this row mention?) |
| How can I register data in DME? | You can register an individual file (up to 10 GB) from your file system or register data in bulk from Globus, AWS S3, or Google Drive. You can register data using the web application (GUI) or Command Line Utilities (CLU).
For details, refer to Registering Data. (TBD: Ben's message mentioned shared drive & Biowulf for this question. What can this row say about those?) |
| How can I access my data? | You can access your data using the web application (GUI) or Command Line Utilities (CLU).
For details, refer to Finding Data, Viewing or Retrieving Metadata, and Downloading Data. (TBD: Ben's message mentioned API and NIDAP for this question. The wiki user guide doesn't currently say much about the API. What can this row say about API and NIDAP?) |
| How is my data secured? | If your user account has the Own permission level on a collection or a data file, you can manage permissions on that data. You can manage permissions on one file or collection at a time, or in bulk. Permission levels include Own, Write, Read, and None. For details, refer to Managing Permissions. (TBD: Ben's message mentioned "Security stuff, passwords" for this question. What can this row say about that? The following row already mentions about NIH account.) |
| How can I get an account? | If you have an NIH account, the NCI Data Vault team can give you access to DME. For access requests or any other questions, contact NCIDataVault@mail.nih.gov. |
| What data is already available in DME? | (TBD: Ben's message mentioned "Sequencing Facility" and "TCGA" for this question. Do we need permission from the data owners before listing their data here? Are there any other examples we can list here?) |
