摘要：A research program at the University of Oxford, “Our World in Data”, maintains a global database on testingfor COVID-19. Asked whether there are ‘low-hanging fruit’ to improve the response to the pandemic,Program Director Max Roser had a very simple answer: “for all those who publish original data, pro-vide a clear description of your data” (@MaxCRoser: 1:39am · 12 Apr 2020 · Twitter Web App), highlighting theimportance of maximizing the reusability of data. In the age of COVID-19, we are seeing where value reallylies. Describing the WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHERE, and WHEN of genomic data enables comparative anal-ysis, informs public health responses, drives assessment of outbreak progression and reveals variation in thehost-specificity, modes of transmission, and sample collection protocols.
