last update

2026-April-29

VirJenDB

v1.0

Data Ingestion and Standardization

VirJenDB integrates sequence and metadata records from multiple sources through a standardized ingestion workflow designed to improve consistency, interoperability, and downstream analysis.

Metadata Standardization

During ingestion, metadata records are harmonized through:

• Date reformatting into ISO 8601 standard
• Splitting multi-value fields into structured fields
• Typographical and formatting corrections
• Field normalization across source databases

These steps support consistent indexing and downstream annotation workflows.

Integrated Sources

Source datasets incorporated through this workflow are described on the Data Sources page.

Related Workflows

Subsequent workflows build on standardized ingested data, including:

• Host Annotation
• Taxonomy Mapping
• vOTU Clustering