Getting Started

Quickstart FaceBase Data Philosophy

Using FaceBase

Key Concepts for FaceBase Users Browsing and Filtering Data Visualizations in FaceBase Data Sharing and Citing Data Exporting Data from FaceBase Accessing Data Programmatically Using 3D Viewers Viewing NIfTI files Converting TIFF to OME-TIFF (using Bio Formats)

Controlled Access Human Data

Controlled Access Human Data - Policy and Requests A. Read and complete the Data Use Certificate Agreement (DUC) B. Complete the online Data Access Request (DAR) form (An IRB is required) C. Select the Requested Datasets D. Print, Gather Signatures and Submit the DUC and DAR forms E. Receive notification and further instructions F. Create and upload your encryption keys G. Renew access

Submitting Data - Basics

Video Tutorials for Contributors Key Concepts for Data Contributors Data Submission Process Creating a Dataset Creating Experiments, Biosamples, and Replicates Uploading Data Files Quality Control Rules Releasing Your Dataset Self-guided Tutorial

Submitting Data - Advanced

Using the Annotations Editor (2D images) Defining Surface Models (3D models) Linking Thumbnails to Files

Tools

DERIVA Tools - Bulk upload and export

Support

Getting Help FAQs

Introduction for FaceBase Contributors

Who is this for?

For projects approved for adding data to FaceBase. This guide describes the submission process and how to best organize your data and the best formats to use to take advantage of system tools for visualizations and annotation.

What you’ll find

This guide will provide the following

Key concepts for data submitters
Timeline and overview of the data submission process.
How data is organized in FaceBase
How to upload data files via the web browser or using our client tools.
Quality control rules
How to best cite this data in your upcoming publications
Self-guided tutorial