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Data Repository Service (DRS)

Provides a standardised set of data retrieval methods

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In order to analyse genomic data in the cloud, a researcher must use an access tool to retrieve the file. Today, however, data repositories are crowded with files. As a result, the process for retrieving a data set is complex and inefficient. To address this challenge, the GA4GH Cloud Work Stream has developed the Data Repository Service (DRS) API, which provides a standard way to retrieve a dataset regardless of the repository’s underlying architecture.

A comic showing the challenges of working with datasets and how the Data Repository Service (DRS) API helps.
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A comic showing the challenges of working with datasets and how the Data Repository Service (DRS) API helps.

Benefits

  • Provides a standardised set of data access methods that are agnostic to cloud infrastructure
  • Allows for data access regardless of storage location or how the data is managed

Target users

Researchers, data custodians, and developers

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Product Leads
  • Brian O’Connor
  • Michael Lukowski
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Last Approved Version
DRS v1.4

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