Databases, Resources and Tools

Aims

The overall objective of Unit 2 is to provide the genetic healthcare workers, the end-users and the health care authorities with a portfolio of quality-assured information sources and informatics tools that are subject to validation and quality procedures.

The second major objective is to avoid duplication and ensure consistency and inter-operability of databases in the field of genetic testing. The specific objectives are:

The databases which will be considered are databases on genetic diseases, genetic tests, mutation databases and sequence databases.

The third major objective is to improve the quality of existing information services. Many groups have produced guidelines for quality standards in health information on the web. It is time to transpose these guidelines in the Human Genetics Database field and to promote their respect by the database producers. The specific objectives are:

General Information

• Unit summary
• Members & contact info
• Documents and publications

State of the art 2005 (Unit 2)
State of the art of information databases and knowledge bases across Europe can be found here