Figshare is a site for researchers and institutions to upload and collect usage statistics on their data, as well as make their data shareable and discoverable. The process for uploading a hub to Figshare is similar to the process involved at CyVerse, where one must first create an account, upload the bigDataUrl files, create shareable links, and then edit your hub.txt, genomes.txt, and trackDb.txt appropriately. One advantage to using Figshare is their emphasis on usage statistics, so institutional accounts can see how often their hubs and tracks are being accessed by others.
+Note that Figshare does not use filenames as part of the URLs, therefore bigDataUrl files +that require a separate index file, like VCFs and BAM files, must have their index file +location specified with a bigDataIndex. This keyword is relevant for Custom Tracks +and Track Hubs. You can read more about bigDataIndex in +the TrackDb Database Definition page. +
+ +For more information on using Figshare, please see their Support Portal.