2. Features¶
TPPS has many features that make data collection easier for administrators. Here are a few notable ones:
2.1. Data Types and Standards¶
- Support for genotype, phenotype, and environmental data and metadata
- Support for population, association, and landscape genetics studies
- Support for ontology standards, including the Minimum Information About a Plant Phenotyping Experiment (MIAPPE)
- Support for standard genotyping file formats, such as .VCF
- Automatically submits data according to the Tripal CHADO database schema
2.2. Data Accessibility¶
- Data is standardized and stored in the local database so that other tools, for example, CartograPlant, can easily collect and analyze it
- Restricted access to approved users of the site
- Accepted studies are associated and stored in the database with longterm accessions that can be used in publication
- The studies can be queried or downloaded (flatfiles) through the Tripal interface
- Display both complete and incomplete submissions on ‘TPPS Submissions’ user profile tab
2.3. User Friendliness¶
- Map thumbnails for quick visual validation
- Auto-complete appropriate fields based on information from the user profile
- Load data from NCBI based on a provided BioProject accession number
- Automatically parse file contents for submission to the CHADO schema
- Save user progress on incomplete submissions
- Form flexibility to ensure only the minimum necessary information is being required, but users may provide additional information if they choose
2.4. Administrative Features¶
- Administrator panel to manually approve completed submissions
- Configuration page to specify file upload locations, TPPS Admin email, etc.