The last presentation of the KBase Science Session: Data integration to support (or refute) predictions was by Elisha Wood-Charlson from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Wood-Charlson’s presentation was titled “Getting credit for contributions in a big data world.” The message emphasized that science is a creative and collaborative pursuit. 2023 was declared the “Year of Open Science.” Wood-Charlson explained that KBase is working on improving persistent identifiers and crediting systems. They also noted some of the challenges of sharing and receiving credit for sharing data sets and data analyses. Tracking research projects can be done with persistent identifiers. ORCID and research organization IDs come together to facilitate tracking and form the basis of FAIR. Wood-Charlson spoke about building a system that makes finding and accessing samples and data across DOE systems is their goal. Wood-Charlson shared examples of users publishing FAIR narratives and obtaining metrics of views. One of the questions was about the KBase Education Org and collaboration with ASM Press for MRA and genome announcements. I am glad there is a system and want to work with KBase and BIT 295 students to create genome announcements!
