GWAS Central has released additional studies that have been submitted directly by researchers. These studies are described in recently published or “in press” papers.

A short tutorial on how to use the GWAS Mart is now available in the Help section of the website.

Please see the following page for further details:

http://www.gwascentral.org/info/how-to/how-to-use-gwas-mart/

GWAS Central database summary updated in NAR Molecular Biology Database Collection highlighting developments from the past year

http://www.oxfordjournals.org/nar/database/summary/131

GWAS Central now provides data in Semantic Web and Linked Data compatible formats through:

• Individual markers, phenotypes and results which now output RDF and Turtle formats that connect to Linked Data resources.
• Nanopublications: a  Semantic Web resource using named graphs, and contain key results for each dataset outputs N-Quads format. These follow the nanopublication proposals suggested here.
• The construction of a triple-store with a SPARQL server available at http://fuseki.gwascentral.org.

We are in the process of updating the Web Services section of our help with more information.

GWAS Central is committed to data sharing wherever possible, to maximise the value and scientific impact of data. However, this has to balanced against the risk of identifying research subjects (see Homer et al: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000167). Additionally, data in GWAS Central are curated and integrated, making them unique as an asset. For these reasons, our policy on data sharing is that we openly provide large amounts of data (up to 1,000 markers and associated data per download), in a range of displays and formats, sufficient for the needs of most researchers. Complete downloads of the complete database, or very large segments of it, are not openly allowed, but can be discussed in special cases that do not involve competing projects or commercial use of the data.