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Researchers often build/develop new tools for their study/research to extract useful information from unstructured/semi-structured data. A lot of efforts goes into that and are often unacknowledged. The value of their research is usually measured in terms of publications and the analysis done on the data obtained from those unstructured data. Also, some of these extraction/conversion tasks are repeated by multiple researchers within the same domain of science. Towards acknowledging such efforts, we built BD Tools Catalogue where members of different research community could contribute and share their tools within BD framework. So, you get proper credit for your effort in creating the new tool.
How can I contribute if my tool uses a third-party proprietary software?
Yes, you can submit your tool which uses third party proprietary software. However, before it is made available as Data Transformation Services, we will require to review the license agreement. Our current focus has been on using opensource software for building bd tools.