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Release 2.5

E41335-01
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Oracle® Health Sciences Omics Data Bank

Release Content Document

Release 2.5

E41335-01

June 2013

1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose of Document

The Release Content Document (RCD) communicates information about Oracle Health Sciences Omics Data Bank (ODB) v2.5 release.

1.2 Release Overview

ODB v2.5 release includes significant extensions in omics data types and clinically-related annotations.

2 Product Overview

ODB is a flexible, cross-platform omics data management system that delivers meaningfully biological contents and the extreme performance required by today's translational research studies. Moreover, it is fully integrated with the Oracle Health Sciences Cohort Explorer (OHSCE), bringing both phenotypic and genotypic data to researchers and clinicians.

The data model supports reference omics information and annotation, as well as result data from each individual sample. ODB 2.5 is packaged with a set of data loaders for reference and result data, thereby reducing your adoption barrier. It also includes Oracle SecureFile as an optional file storage mechanism.

ODB 2.5 includes the following components with indication of new components added in this release:

Data Loaders

SecureFile (optional)

3 Features

Table 1 lists the terms used in this document.

Table 1 Terminology

Term Definition

COSMIC

Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Aid

GVCF

Genome Variant Call Format

HGMD

Human Gene Mutation Database

HUGO

HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee

MAF

Mutation Annotation Format

ODB

Omics Data Bank

OHSCE

Oracle Health Sciences Cohort Explorer

RNA

Ribonucleic Acid

SNV

Single-nucleotide Variation

TRC

Translation Research Center

VCF

Variant Call Format


4 Disclaimer Regarding Third Party Data

Oracle makes no express or implied warranty, including but not limited to warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to third party data loaded into this application or the results of any functions of the application using such data. It may be used for information purposes only, and no medical, clinical or other health related decisions may be based upon such results. You are solely responsible for your use of the third party data, including your right to use the data for your purposes.

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E41335-01

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