Data Submission

These are an overview of the steps to be followed by a researcher willing to store his/her data collections in es-FEGA, i.e., the submitter:

Step 1: Application for a new data submission

How?                Contacting via email es-fega.helpdesk@bsc.es
Expected outcome

To begin the submission process, just contact the es-FEGA helpdesk team with some information on the data collection willing to be archived, along with any doubt you may have about the service. Please, make sure to provide as much information as possible on the data as well as the expected access control. Consider to include the following items:

  • Contact information
    • Submitter Name

    • Institution

    • Group/Department

    • Research Project/Consortium

  • Dataset/s description
    • Dataset/s size (GB)

    • Number of files

    • Number of samples

  • Data access
    • Is data consented for research purposes?

    • Does data require controlled access?

Given the above information, the helpesk team is going to consider the particulars of your case and will send you further instructions on the following steps (here summarized).

Contact es-fega.helpdesk@bsc.es

Step 3: Registering

Who?        Submitter
How?        contacting via email es-fega.helpdesk@bsc.es

The Submitter will need to obtain a Central EGA account prepared for submission to our Spain Federated EGA node. This is simply requested through an email to the Central EGA helpdesk (helpdesk@ega-archive.org).

Step 4: Data encryption and upload

In order to deposit your data, it must be encrypted first with Crypt4GH format, the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) standard for securetly sharing human genetic data.

Visit Crypt4GH cryptor documentation page to learn more on the format. The site also include the instruction on how to install it,

The public key of our Spanish FEGA Node is required for encrypting your data. Please, download it.

curl https://fega-test.bsc.es/docs/_static/es-fega_master.key.pub > es-fega_master.key.pub

crypt4gh generate -n <key-name>

crypt4gh encrypt -f <file to encrypt> \
  --sk  <key-name>.sec.pem \
  --recipient_pk es-fega_master.key.pub > [encrypted file generated]

Step 5: Metadata submission

Step 6: Data release