# Submitting Tools and Protocols

# Computational Tools

Computational tools developed or used to support HTAN research projects can be added to the HTAN tool catalog by filling out the tool curation form available on HTAN's internal Synapse wiki pages:

# Research Protocols

HTAN Centers are encouraged to document their research protocols in protocols.io. Assay metadata submitted to HTAN requires a Protocols.io ID or DOI link to a free/open protocol resource describing in detail the assay protocol and/or the protocol by which the sample was obtained or generated.