Laying the foundation for a Genomic Rosetta Stone: creating information hubs through the use of consensus identifiers

Van Brabant, Bart; Gray, Tanya; Verslyppe, Bert; Kyrpides, Nikos; Dietrich, Karin; Glockner, Frank Oliver; Cole, James; Farris, Ryan; Schriml, Lynn M.; De Vos, Paul; De Baets, Bernard; Field, Dawn; Dawyndt, Peter. 2008 Laying the foundation for a Genomic Rosetta Stone: creating information hubs through the use of consensus identifiers. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 12 (2). 123-127. 10.1089/omi.2008.0020

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Abstract/Summary

Given the growing wealth of downstream information, the integration of molecular and non-molecular data on a given organism has become a major challenge. For micro-organisms, this information now includes a growing collection of sequenced genes and complete genomes, and for communities of organisms it includes metagenomes. Integration of the data is facilitated by the existence of authoritative, community-recognized, consensus identifiers that may form the heart of so-called information knuckles. The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) is building a mapping of identifiers across a group of federated databases with the aim to improve navigation across these resources and to enable the integration of their information in the near future. In particular, this is possible because of the existence of INSDC Genome Project Identifiers (GPIDs) and accession numbers, and the ability of the community to define new consensus identifiers such as the culture identifiers used in the StrainInfo.net bioportal. Here we outline (1) the general design of the Genomic Rosetta Stone project, (2) introduce example linkages between key databases (that cover information about genomes, 16S rRNA gene sequences, and microbial biological resource centers), and (3) make an open call for participation in this project providing a vision for its future use.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1089/omi.2008.0020
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biodiversity
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Hails
NORA Subject Terms:	Biology and Microbiology Data and Information
Date made live:	12 Feb 2009 14:29 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5539

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1089/omi.2008.0020

Programmes:

CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biodiversity

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Hails

NORA Subject Terms:

Biology and Microbiology
Data and Information

Date made live:

12 Feb 2009 14:29 +0 (UTC)