After a standardisation process, the FReSH catalogue now hosts all studies previously included in the Epidemiology France Portal.
From the Epidemiology France Portal to FReSH: a migration driven by metadata standardizsation
Launched in 2010, the Epidemiology France Portal (PEF) was one of the first national tools designed to identify and share databases useful for research in epidemiology and public health.
PEF thus enabled the identification of the main French individual health research databases in epidemiology, providing researchers with visibility on available data.
Created following the recommendations of the Strategic Council for the Health Industries, its goal was to support the development of research for public health, in particular by fostering collaborations between the public and private sectors.
PEF thus enabled the identification of the main French individual health research databases in epidemiology, providing researchers with visibility on available data.
A migration to preserve and sustain the data legacy
Spotlight on metadata
- Restructure the data and align it with the FReSH catalogue schema : this required harmonisation and standardisation of descriptive fields, based on shared terminologies and references, enabling future interoperability with other national and European catalogues.
- Update outdated information : some records required clarification or cleaning before becoming usable.
