Prototyping a Tool for Processing Genetic Meta-Data in Microbiological Laboratories.

ABSTRACT

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies allow improved understanding of pathogens. In the upstream processing of generating genomic data, there is still a lack of process-oriented tools for managing corresponding meta data. In this paper, we provide a description of how a process-oriented software prototype was developed that allowed the capture and collation of metadata involved when doing NGS. Our question was How to develop an interactive web application that supports the process-oriented management of genetic data independent of any sequencing technique?