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- What data can we access?
- How to handle dbGAP-type access restrictions if we want to do meta analysis across all of SRA?
- How do we access data?
- What formats are data in?
- How is data organized including meta-data sample annotations, and how we can interact with it?
- Is it possible to drill down to something akin to a schema description of how the data are organized and begin exploring the database?
** B. Bot - a few notes - we may want to steer I think we should stay clear of the "can we get our hands on the data" questions - which many of the above seem to elude to. We may want to steer the questions (first) more towards what can we do with these data - and then drill down to the details listed above later. I also think it is important to go into this meeting thinking about the long term - as in "what can we do over time as these data continue to evolve and become even more rich" as apposed to "what can we do right now". There are plenty of other groups that have access to the SRA data who I'm sure that thinking about the 'now'. I believe the long term visions are where the true value of this possible collaboration lie. **
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