1 Scope
This document describes a practical procedure for nucleotide sequence database evaluation
and validation. This document describes minimum requirements for the validation of
a nucleotide sequence database. This document is applicable only for databases consisting
of entries of nucleotide sequences.
This document is not applicable to the general evaluation of the entire database quality
including the quality of each data entry.
EXAMPLE
The use of the validated database is for confirming a representative sequence specificity including primers or probes for qualification and quantification of target
nucleic acids by conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR), quantitative polymerase
chain reaction (qPCR), digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) and microarray technologies.