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Scientific supplements, especially in genomics, need better organization for FAIR data principles. A proposed hierarchical structure enhances readability and data accessibility for all users.

Area of Science:

  • Genomics and Scientific Publishing
  • Data Management and Accessibility

Background:

  • Supplements are crucial to the scientific record but often underutilized.
  • Current supplement practices hinder findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR data principles).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a hierarchical organization for scientific supplements.
  • To improve the readability of main scientific texts by off-loading data and details.
  • To enhance the FAIRness of supplementary data.

Main Methods:

  • Developing a hierarchical structure for supplements, with sections paralleling and branching from the main text.
  • Suggesting specific formatting to make the supplement structure explicit.
  • Proposing the inclusion of multiple scientific 'dialects' (e.g., machine-readable, lay-friendly).

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Main Results:

  • A structured supplement enhances data findability and accessibility.
  • Off-loading details to supplements improves main text readability.
  • Multiple data formats increase accessibility for diverse audiences.

Conclusions:

  • A hierarchical and multi-dialect approach to scientific supplements is proposed.
  • This strategy improves the utility and accessibility of supplementary scientific information.
  • Implementing this structure can advance FAIR data principles in scientific publishing.