Investigate what we might learn from LOVD

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LOVD stands for Leiden Open (source) Variation Database.
LOVD's purpose : To provide a flexible, freely available tool for Gene-centered collection and display of DNA variations. LOVD 3.0 extends this idea to also provide patient-centered data storage and storage of NGS data, even of variants outside of genes. LOVD is open source, released under the GPL license, and is actively being improved.

There are currently 82 public LOVD instances:
http://www.lovd.nl/2.0/index_list.php

Some are very broad. Others focus on a particular gene or disease area.

LOVD is similar to CIViC in the sense that it offers an open source platform. It allows anyone to create a variant database to use for their own purposes.

Example LOVD relevant to CIViC (Cancer):
http://chromium.lovd.nl/LOVD2/colon_cancer/home.php