Is it possible to incorporate data that already resides in a public repository without having to copy it into Synapse?

If I want to reference data in a public repo such as GEO in Synapse do I have to upload it?

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It is possible to incorporate data into Synapse without uploading it. If you have a URL for the file (for example, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/download/?acc=GSE50451&format=file links to the raw data from the GEO dataset GSE50451), you can use this to create a Synapse `File` that links to it. In the `R` and `Python` client (using the `synStore` or `synapseclient.Synapse.store` commands, repsectively), you use the URL as the `path` and set `synapseStore` to False. On the Synapse website, in the dialog box that comes from clicking the 'Upload or Link to File' button, use the 'Link to URL' tab.

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If I want to reference data in a public repo such as GEO in Synapse do I have to upload it?

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