TraitDB: Web application database of phenotypic trait data.
Dan Leehr, Mercedes Gosby · The Journal of Open Source Software · 2019
TraitDB is a web application that synthesizes phenotypic trait datasets from varying structures and formats.It organizes data into a consistent format and taxonomy, facilitating querying, subsetting, and sharing over a range of user criteria.While many other software packages exist to store structured and unstructured relational data, TraitDB is designed to meet the needs of research teams by fitting into their data gathering practices.Commonly-used packages like spreadsheets and SQL databases may excel at direct ingest, storage, and management of homogeneous datasets, but fall short dealing with real-world heterogenous data structures and formats.They require dedicated effort to build and adapt complex processes in order to maintain data integrity.