The eGenVar system provides a easy and systematic way to manage and advertise data. A set of tags and relationships between the donors, samples and files are used when locating information
Organise data
Record the relationships between different files using lineage instead of relying on folders
Record the content description using tags selected from Ontologies (the controlled vocabulary terms)
Organise all related data , regardless of their location using reports
View all private, public, unpublished and data residing in collaborators computers as a report batch
Using standardised metadata make it possible anyone to find what they are looking for not only the person created it
Link
Link the different files using lineage
Link to files to samples
Use tags to get a system which is more than the collection of parts
Advertise
Tell the other researchers what you have
Makes it possible for you to find what you are looking for.
Locate
Find controls
Avoid repeating the same thing or errors
Find experts t o collaborate
Discover hidden data, kept in that way due to privacy reasons
