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At the end of this page, you’ll find a video tutorial that covers the steps involved in annotating data using our web app. This is the third in a series of three videos on sharing data. Find the first video, Introduction to Sharing Data, here, and the second video, Uploading Data via the Synapse UI, here.
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The web workflow for annotation currently relies on Google Sheets. Some institutions block access or disallow usage of Google Drive products. If this is the case for your institution, please reach out to nf-osi@sagebionetworks.org. |
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Annotation is not a replacement for sharing experimental methods via a publication method section, in your Synapse project, or via a protocol repository like http://protocols.io. |
Annotating your data involves the following actions, to be completed in order:
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If you haven’t done so already, follow the instructions at How to Upload Data.
3. Navigate to the NF Data Curator app
In order to access the app, you must be logged into Synapse. If you are not already logged into Synapse when you land on this page, you will be prompted to do so. Click the Synapse link provided on the page to log in to Synapse, and then refresh the app page—you should now be able to access it.
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If your manifest did not require any custom terms:
Submit your manifest using the Submit and Validate Metadata tab in the NF Data Curator app
Download the completed manifest as a .csv file from Google Sheets (or, if using Excel, save as csv)
Upload the .csv into the data curator app, following the on-screen instructions to validate your manifest
Follow the on-screen instructions if validation errors are present
Once your manifest passes validation, click Submit to Synapse to annotate your files
If your manifest did require custom terms:
Email the completed google sheet or excel file to nf-osi@sagebionetworks.org so that we can add your new terms to our dictionary
We’ll work with you to get the annotations applied to your data
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Links mentioned throughout the video: