Dataset
Reference Database of Immune Cells
- Description
From home page: “RefDIC is an open-access database of quantitative mRNA/Protein profiles specifically for immune cells.”
From :
> RefDIC is an open resource compendium of quantitative mRNA/Protein profile data specifically for immune cells. You can easily retrieve various aspects of mRNA/Protein profiles of immune cells from RefDIC. We will extend and update the contents of RefDIC on a regular basis to offer information platform that fully exploits the power of genomics in immunology.
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> This database has been constructed with a continuous support, valuable research inputs and feedback comments from our colleagues at RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI). We greatly appreciate their thoughtful collaboration on the RefDIC project.
- Openness: Not Open (Commercial restrictions)
Multiple claims that it is ‘open-access’ but in fact states in its [faq](http://refdic.rcai.riken.jp/document.cgi?page=faq):
> Is all of the data in this database available for free?
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> Yes. All of the data in RefDIC is freely available as long as it is not used for commercial purposes. If you belong to a commercial entitiy, please contact us.
- License: FAIL. not specified and appears to have non-commercial restrictions.
- Access: PASS. All data available for download in tab-delimited format.