Curated database / curated registry

In EU clinical evaluation of software, curated databases can be a source of evidence, for example on the validity of an association. Their reliability depends on how carefully they are maintained.

For the purpose of this document, a curated database/curated registry is any kind of structured repository such as a traditional database, an ontology or an XML file, that is created and updated with a great deal of human effort through the consultation, verification, and aggregation of existing sources, and the interpretation of new (often experimentally obtained) raw data.

MDCG 2020-1, Section 3.3, Definitions