10  Research Workflow

Modified

December 19, 2024

HerbVar relies heavily on version control with Git/Github to facilitate data validation and management (Goodman et al. 2014, Yenni et al. 2019, Kim et al. 2022), promote collaboration (Boland et al. 2017, Braga et al. 2023), and streamline data access, analysis, and archiving (Champieux et al. 2023). Below we describe the workflow for (a) collecting data for HerbVar and uploading it for integration with the global data set and (b) analyzing some or all of the global HerbVar data set and preparing a manuscript based on these analyses.

10.1 Workflow: New analysis with Herbvar Datasets

  1. Identify Questions & Submit for Review (see Section 9.4) to ensure no overlap with ongoing projects.
  2. Create a repository for harvesting, organizing, and analyzing the data to be used in the analyses using the new_analysis_and_paper_template (see Section 11.1).
  3. Write the manuscript following using the resources and guidelines in Chapter 12.

10.2 Workflow: Collecting new HerbVar Data

  1. Review and Select Protocols (see Chapter 13).
  2. Collect Data.
  3. Create a repository for cleaning and analyzing the data using HerbVar’s new_dataset_template (see Section 11.1).
  4. Validate the data using the proceedures in Chapter 11
  5. Upload the clean version of the data using the Herbvar Data Portal(see Section 11.2).
  6. Write the manuscript following using the resources and guidelines in Chapter 12.