MyGene.info - mygene-info

Grade: The grade for the resource as automatically determined by the criteria violations.; 2
Description: A full description of the resource from the resource itself, if possible.; MyGene.info provides simple-to-use REST web services to query/retrieve gene annotation data.
Last curated: (Optional) The ISO 8601 date of when the resource was last curated.; Unknown
Location: URL for the resource.; http://mygene.info
Source type: (Optional) How the resource relates to the data it contains. Current allowable entries are: "unknown", "repository", "source", "integrator", and "warehouse".; TBD
Curation status: Whether or not annotation is complete on this resource. Current allowable entries are: "complete", "incomplete", and "nonpublic".; complete
Field: The area of research for the resource.; biology
Type: The type of data the resource contains.; genomic resource
Categories: (Optional) Tags to describe the resource and its data.; gene definition
Access: (Optional) Links to the resource's data.; api
License: The license that is used by the resource. We use SPDX where we can or: "inconsistent", "public domain", "unlicensed", "all rights reserved", or "custom".; custom
License type: The type of license that is being used. This will be to define compatible data pools in the future; we only use the grossest terms now. If it is not known "unknown" is used. Current possible values are: "unknown", "unlicensed", "copyleft", "permissive", "public domain", "copyright", "restrictive", or "private pool".; restrictive
License location: (Optional) The link to the resource license.; http://mygene.info/terms/
Focused curation: (Optional) Setting this flag to true indicates that the licensing was combinatorially complicated enough (as is the case in some commercial licenses) that the curator chose to wear a single "hat" during the process. From the site text: "While we try to cover as much of the licensing possibilities of a data resource that we can, in a few cases we may choose a particular "hat" to wear while evaluating to prevent a combinatorial explosion, which may also reduce the clarity of our curations for the community. In these cases, we may take on the role of a (1) non-commercial (2) academic (3) group that is (4) based in the US and trying to (5) create an aggregating resource, noting that other entities may have different results in the license commentary."; false
Issues: (Optional) Structured issues with the license. For every issue discovered with a resource, there should be a corresponding item in the license-issues field that marks the /exact/ violation, along with any comments. This field can be used by resources as the first step to improvement, as well as clarify any surrounding circumstances. Any issues or thoughts about a resource that do not slot into one of the criteria violations can go into the license-commentary field.; Criteria A.2.2: Custom license, but consistent.
Criteria B.2.1: Scope is incomplete - they claim no responsibility for data from other sources on their site.
Criteria D.1.2: No re-use allowed, just use.
Criteria E.1.2: No re-use allowed, just use.
Commentary: (Optional) Further commentary on the license, possibly including the though process of the curations and things like locations of additional licenses.; • MyGene.info may contain information from third party websites, which may or may not be marked with the name of the source. Such information does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of TSRI, and TSRI shall have no responsibility whatsoever for such information.
• You also agree that you will ensure that any copies of documents you generate by using MyGene.info shall retain and display all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein.
• TSRI shall have no responsibility whatsoever for such information [from 3rd party websites].
• Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent, trademark or other intellectual property of TSRI or any third party. Except as expressly provided above, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any right or license under any TSRI copyrights.
Controversial: (Optional) Marker noting that there was some extended internal discussion or controversy about the evaluation of the licensing terms. If this is marked at "true", the controversy, or a link to a permanent archive of the controversy, must be sufficiently contained in the "license-commentary" to reconstruct the issues.; false
Contacts: (Optional) Resource contact information, link, email, or whatever is public.; help@mygene.info
Grants: (Optional) Semi-structured list of supporting grants.; TBD