The Genome Sequence Archive Family: Toward Explosive Data Growth and Diverse Data Types

The Genome Sequence Archive (GSA) is a data repository for archiving raw sequence data, which provides data storage and sharing services for worldwide scientific communities. Considering explosive data growth with diverse data types, here we present the GSA family by expanding into a set of resources for raw data archive with different purposes, namely, GSA (https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/gsa/), GSA for Human (GSA-Human, https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/gsa-human/), and Open Archive for Miscellaneous Data (OMIX, https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/omix/). Compared with the 2017 version, GSA has been significantly updated in data model, online functionalities, and web interfaces. GSA-Human, as a new partner of GSA, is a data repository specialized in human genetics-related data with controlled access and security. OMIX, as a critical complement to the two resources mentioned above, is an open archive for miscellaneous data. Together, all these resources form a family of resources dedicated to archiving explosive data with diverse types, accepting data submissions from all over the world, and providing free open access to all publicly available data in support of worldwide research activities.

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The Genome Sequence Archive (GSA) and its family of resources aim to provide data storage and sharing services for worldwide scientific communities, including GSA, GSA-Human, and OMIX. GSA has updated data model and online functionalities, GSA-Human stores human genetics-related data, and OMIX provides open archive for miscellaneous data. These resources together form a family, accepting global data submissions and providing free open access for worldwide research activities.