The National Sleep Research Resource: towards a sleep data commons.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The gold standard for diagnosing sleep disorders is polysomnography, which generates extensive data about biophysical changes occurring during sleep. We developed the National Sleep Research Resource (NSRR), a comprehensive system for sharing sleep data. The NSRR embodies elements of a data commons aimed at accelerating research to address critical questions about the impact of sleep disorders on important health outcomes.

Approach

We used a metadata-guided approach, with a set of common sleep-specific terms enforcing uniform semantic interpretation of data elements across three main components: (1) annotated datasets; (2) user interfaces for accessing data; and (3) computational tools for the analysis of polysomnography recordings. We incorporated the process for

SUBMITTER: Zhang GQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6188513 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature