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+This repository the third part of the [FAIRification pipeline](https://github.com/BBMRI-cz/NGS-data-FAIRification) and is responsible for uploading metadata to [data.bbmri.cz](https://data.bbmri.cz/) catalogue.
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+[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/836272240.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14236862)