Draft Genome Sequences and Genome Characterization of Three Toxigenic and Two Nontoxigenic Clostridioides difficile Clinical Isolates from Florida, USA is a dataset published in Microbiology Resource Announcements (2023). On theSindex it has a DataRank of 0, placing it in the top 100% of the data-sharing corpus. Its calibrated FAIR score is 63/100.
Ranks in the top 100% for downstream scientific impact
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FAIR checklist signals are shown for context only and do not affect DataRank scoring.
Full FAIR picture · advisory
The headline score is computed from the scored criteria — the fact-shaped checks (a repository, an accession, a licence) that two independent models agree on. The advisory criteria below are real FAIR guidance but rest on judgment calls that models read differently, so they inform without moving the number.
“The whole-genome shotgun projects for the toxigenic strains TGH29, TGH79, and TGH91 have been deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession numbers JAPKMB000000000 , JAPKMA000000000 , and JAPKLZ000000000 , the BioSample numbers SAMN31078169 , SAMN31078170 , and SAMN31078171 , and the SRA accession numbers SRR21845281 , SRR21845280 , and SRR21845279 , respectively, as well as the BioProject accession number PRJNA885148 .”
The paper provides persistent identifiers from the accepted PID scheme (GenBank, SRA, BioProject accessions). [majority verdict 'yes' (4/5 passes agreed)]
RDA-F1-01D — FAIR Data Maturity Model: 'Data is identified by a persistent identifier' (priorit · RDA-F1-02D — FAIR Data Maturity Model: 'Data is identified by a globally unique identifier' · FsF-F1-02D — F-UJI/FAIRsFAIR: 'Data is assigned a persistent identifier'
“The whole-genome shotgun projects for the toxigenic strains TGH29, TGH79, and TGH91 have been deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank”
The named repository is GenBank (DDBJ/ENA/GenBank), a curated archive listed in re3data.
RDA-F4-01M — FAIR Data Maturity Model: metadata is offered so it can be harvested and indexed ( · NIH DMS Policy Element 4 (NOT-OD-21-014) — name the repository where data will be archived · NSTC Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories (2022) — 'Long-Term Sustainability', 'Reten
“The whole-genome shotgun projects for the toxigenic strains TGH29, TGH79, and TGH91 have been deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession numbers JAPKMB000000000 , JAPKMA000000000 , and JAPKLZ000000000 , the BioSample numbers SAMN31078169 , SAMN31078170 , and SAMN31078171 , and the SRA accession numbers SRR21845281 , SRR21845280 , and SRR21845279 , respectively, as well as the BioProject accession number PRJNA885148 .”
The dataset identifiers appear only in the body text (Data availability section), not in the reference list. [majority verdict 'partial' (3/5 passes agreed)]
FORCE11 Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles (2014) — data should be cited as a first- · RDA-F3-01M — metadata clearly and explicitly includes the identifier of the data it describes · FsF-F3-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata includes the identifier of the data it describes'
Advisory · not in the published score
“Data availability. The whole-genome shotgun projects for the toxigenic strains TGH29, TGH79, and TGH91 have been deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession numbers JAPKMB000000000 , JAPKMA000000000 , and JAPKLZ000000000 , the BioSample numbers SAMN31078169 , SAMN31078170 , and SAMN31078171 , and the SRA accession numbers SRR21845281 , SRR21845280 , and SRR21845279 , respectively, as well as the BioProject accession number PRJNA885148 . The whole-genome shotgun projects for the nontoxigenic strains TGH114 and TGH132 have been deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession numbers JAPKMD000000000 and JAPKMC000000000 , the BioSample accession numbers SAMN31078188 and SAMN31078189 , and the SRA accession numbers SRR21845362 and SRR21845361 , respectively, as well as the BioProject accession number PRJNA885150 . The versions described in this article are the first versions.”
The data availability statement points to a public repository record with accessions, which is Colavizza category 3. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 passes agreed)]
Colavizza, Hrynaszkiewicz, Staden, Whitaker & McGillivray (2020), 'The citation advantage of li · Springer Nature research data policy — Data Availability Statements: standard statement templat · RDA-F3-01M — metadata clearly and explicitly includes the identifier of the data it describes
“TABLE 1 Features of the Clostridioides difficile isolate genomes”
Table 1 provides an itemised inventory of genome features (reads, coverage, contigs, etc.) for each isolate.
RDA-F2-01M — 'Rich metadata is provided to allow discovery' (priority Essential) · FsF-F2-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata includes descriptive core elements to support data findability' · FsF-R1-01MD — F-UJI: 'Metadata specifies the content of the data'
“The whole-genome shotgun projects for the toxigenic strains TGH29, TGH79, and TGH91 have been deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession numbers JAPKMB000000000 , JAPKMA000000000 , and JAPKLZ000000000 , the BioSample numbers SAMN31078169 , SAMN31078170 , and SAMN31078171 , and the SRA accession numbers SRR21845281 , SRR21845280 , and SRR21845279 , respectively, as well as the BioProject accession number PRJNA885148 .”
The data are deposited in a public repository (GenBank) with no stated precondition, embargo, or registration requirement. [majority verdict 'yes' (3/5 passes agreed)]
RDA-A1.1-01D — 'Data is accessible through a free access protocol' · FsF-A1-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata contains access level and access conditions of the data' · NSTC Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories (2022) — 'Free and Easy Access'
Advisory · not in the published score
The paper does not label the access level of the data using any standard access rights vocabulary. [majority verdict 'no' (4/5 passes agreed)]
FsF-A1-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata contains access level and access conditions of the data' · RDA-A1-01M — metadata contains information to enable the user to get access to the data · COAR Controlled Vocabularies — Access Rights v1.0 (open / embargoed / restricted / metadata-onl
The data are bacterial genome sequences from deidentified fecal samples, not human genetic data, so no gatekeeper is required or named.
NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy (NOT-OD-14-124) — controlled-access via a Data Access Committee · RDA-A1.2-01D — 'Data is accessible through an access protocol that supports authentication and · NIH DMS Policy Element 5 (NOT-OD-21-014) — Access, Distribution, or Reuse Considerations (conse
No sentence states when the data are available or how long they persist. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 passes agreed)]
NIH DMS Plan Element 4 (NOT-OD-21-014) — Data Preservation, Access, and Associated Timelines · NSTC Desirable Characteristics (2022), Organizational Infrastructure: 'Retention Policy' · RDA-A2-01M — 'Metadata is guaranteed to remain available after data is no longer available'
No file format token (e.g., FASTA, FASTQ) is named in the text for the released data.
FsF-R1.3-02D — F-UJI: 'Data is available in a file format recommended by the target research co · RDA-R1.3-02D — data is expressed in a machine-understandable community standard · RDA-I1-01D — data uses a knowledge representation expressed in a standardised format
Advisory · not in the published score
No data or metadata community standard (e.g., MIAME, MINSEQE) is named for the data. [majority verdict 'no' (3/5 passes agreed)]
RDA-R1.3-01M — 'Metadata complies with a community standard' (priority Essential) · RDA-R1.3-01D — 'Data complies with a community standard' · RDA-I2-01M — '(Meta)data use vocabularies that follow FAIR principles'
“The contigs were ordered against a reference genome ( C. difficile strain 630; GenBank accession number CP010905.2 )”
The paper provides an identifier (GenBank accession CP010905.2) for the reference genome used, which is a resource other than the study's own data.
RDA-I3-01M — '(meta)data include references to other (meta)data' · RDA-I3-03M — 'metadata includes qualified references to other metadata' · FsF-I3-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata includes links between the data and its related entities'
The paper only states the article is under CC BY 4.0, but does not attach a reuse license to the data themselves.
RDA-R1.1-01M — 'Metadata includes information about the licence under which the data can be reu · RDA-R1.1-02M — 'Metadata refers to a standard reuse licence' · RDA-R1.1-03M — 'Metadata refers to a machine-understandable reuse licence'
“The versions described in this article are the first versions.”
The paper includes a version token ('first versions') identifying the snapshot.
DataCite Metadata Schema 4.6 — the 'Version' property · RDA-R1.2-01M — provenance information (which version was used is provenance) · NSTC Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories (2022) — 'Provenance', 'Retention Policy'
No custom code is mentioned; only third-party tools are used, and no code availability statement is provided.
NIH DMS Policy Element 2 (NOT-OD-21-014) — 'Related Tools, Software and/or Code' · FAIR4RS Principles v1.0 (Chue Hong et al., 2022; RDA/FORCE11/ReSA) — FAIR Principles for Resear · FORCE11 Software Citation Principles (Smith, Katz & Niemeyer, 2016, PeerJ CS 2:e86)
“This work was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01-AI132711, R01-AI149852, and R21-AI1 59745).”
The paper provides specific award/grant numbers (R01-AI132711, R01-AI149852, R21-AI159745) attached to a named funder.
DataCite Metadata Schema 4.6 — 'FundingReference' property (funderName, funderIdentifier, award · Crossref Funder Registry — canonical funder identifiers for funding metadata · RDA-F2-01M — rich metadata provided to allow discovery (funding is part of the descriptive reco
Advisory · not in the published score
“Whole-genome sequences were obtained using paired-end libraries and the sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS) Illumina HiSeq 3000 platform.”
The paper names the specific instrument (Illumina HiSeq 3000) and software (Qiagen CLC Genomics Workbench 11.0.1, etc.) used to produce the data.
RDA-R1.2-01M — 'Metadata includes provenance information according to community- specific standa · FsF-R1.2-01M — F-UJI: 'Metadata includes provenance information about data creation or generati · W3C PROV-O (W3C Recommendation, 2013) — the entity/activity/agent model of provenance
“TABLE 1 Features of the Clostridioides difficile isolate genomes”
Variable definitions (genome features) are presented inside the article in Table 1, but no documentation object is said to accompany the data.
RDA-R1-01M — '(Meta)data are richly described with a plurality of accurate and relevant attribu · FsF-R1-01MD — F-UJI: 'Metadata specifies the content of the data' · NIH DMS Policy Element 3 (NOT-OD-21-014) — Standards (documentation and metadata to accompany t
Calibrated FAIR score — a parallel quality metric, independent of the DataRank citation score. See the full evaluation →
National Institutes of Health
Grant: R01-AI132711
HHS | National Institutes of Health
Grant: R01-AI149852
HHS | National Institutes of Health
Grant: R21-AI159745
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01AI132711-07
Multivalent vaccines against Clostridioides difficile infection
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R21AI059745-02
Generation of antigen specific regulatory T cells
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 5R01AI149852-03
Novel polymer biomaterials combating C. difficile infection
National Institutes of Health
Grant: 1R21AI159745-01A1
Effect of bile salt hydrolase inhibitors on Clostridium difficile infection
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