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Deliver your integrated data research projects

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Whythawk delivers integrated data- & research interoperability solutions for governments, research institutions and development organisations.

Featured Projects

RDA MOMSI multi-omics metadata standards dashboard
31 January 2025

Multi-Omics Metadata Standards Integration (MOMSI) Research Data Alliance Working Group wanted to build a machine-actionable, query-based, interactive dashboard. The dashboard will render information from their existing Landscape Review, currently contained in a Google Sheet format.

Assessment of impact of proposed UK business rates
24 January 2025

In its Autumn Budget, the UK Government made a commitment to transform the business rates over the parliament into a fairer system that supports investment and is fit for the 21st century. Businesses have raised concerns that the business rates system disincentivises investment and is slow to respond to changing economic conditions. They have called for response.

RDA FairTracks schema interoperability
30 November 2024

Omnipy and whyqd (/wɪkɪd/) are independently-developed Python libraries offering general functionality for auditable and executable metadata mappings. In this project, we will integrate Omnipy and Whyqd to develop executable mappings that transform existing metadata from biodiversity projects, such as ERGA, to conform to the FGA-WG metadata model, kickstarting the process of FAIRifying genome annotation GFF3 files.

Evaluating the digital readiness of secondary schools in The Gambia
27 June 2024

The Millennium Challenge Corporation developed a compact to support The Gambia's education development with a focus on ensuring the digital readiness of secondary schools. Ensuring appropriate support requires knowledge of what already exists, and what the limits are to digital readiness.

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