Services
Semantic annotation
UoB will work closely with the interested parties to semantically annotate raw, processed and/or published data using established ontologies, but focusing on the widely accepted eNanoMapper (eNM) ontology. UoB will work with Users to build the workflows needed to identify the appropriate ontological terms to link to their datasets and assist with the establishment and addition into ontologies of any missing terms or branch of terms fitting their data. In this way, UoB will help ensure the highest possible degree of data FAIRness and interoperability. For further information please contact Anastasios (Tassos) Papadiamantis.
Transnational access
The NanoCommons Transnational Access (TA) is the ability of nanosafety researchers from industry, academia and regulatory bodies to access the state-of-the-art NanoCommons expertise free of charge and take advantage of the NanoCommons services, facilities and knowledge to advance their work, solve problems and take their research to the next level.
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Resources & Training materials
NanoCommons (Horizon 2020 INFRAIA, project no. 731032) aims to provide a standardised, reproducible and interoperable way to access available data, knowledge, analysis and modelling tools that have been adapted and verified as suitable for application to nanomaterials.
One of the major goals is to reduce the fragmentation of nanosafety related data and knowledge by aligning and semantically linking available resources major European and international nanosafety projects and infrastructures, providing new harmonized resources when needed and ensuring access following the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable) whenever possible in an open and free manner. Outputs to be shared via the NanoCommons knowledge infrastructure include: i) Central data access to stored data or linked data sources via a variety of mechanisms (e.g. web interfaces, application programming interfaces), ii) Metadata-rich datasets from experiments and modelling/simulations, iii) Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures, iv) Quality Assurance, v) Concepts, guidance and templates for data curation, vi) Automated annotation pipelines, and vii) Data standards. This integrated design offers easy and harmonized access to a variety of datasets (physicochemical, hazard, exposure, fate) as well as data management, data mining and data visualisation tools to researchers from academia and industry, as well as regulators, ensuring their optimal use and joint development.
Slides
Presentation on the structure, content and usage of the eNanoMapper ontology.
Presentation on the structure, content and usage of the eNanoMapper ontology.
Presentation on the use of the NanoCommons Knowledge portal for templates and annotation upload. Presented during the 1st NanoCommons Hackathon on the Ontological annotation of datasets.
NanoCommons_Hackathon_Knowledge-portal.pdf
Presentation on the eNanoMapper ontology, its structure and use for annotating nanosafety and nanotechnology data. The presentation took place during the 1st NanoCommons hackathon on the ontological annotation of datasets, Athens, Greece, Oct 2018.
Presentation on the use of the NanoCommons Knowledge portal for templates and annotation upload. Presented during the 1st NanoCommons Hackathon on the Ontological annotation of datasets.