title: Generation Challenge Programme (GCP): standards for crop data.
abstract: The Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) is an international research consortium striving to apply molecular biological advances to crop improvement for developing countries. Central to its activities is the creation of a next generation global crop information platform and network to share genetic resources, genomics, and crop improvement information. This system is being designed based on a comprehensive scientific domain object model and associated shared ontology. This model covers germplasm, genotype, phenotype, functional genomics, and geographical information data types needed in GCP research. This paper provides an overview of this modeling effort.
authors.affiliation: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Philippines. r.bruskiewich@cigar.org
authors.forename: Richard
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authors.lastname: Bruskiewich
authors.forename: Guy
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authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.forename: Tom
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authors.lastname: Hazekamp
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Metz
authors.forename: Manuel
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authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Reinhard
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authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Masaru
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authors.lastname: Takeya
authors.forename: Jennifer
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authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Martin
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authors.lastname: Senger
authors.forename: Graham
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authors.lastname: McLaren
authors.forename: Theo
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authors.lastname: Van Hintum
mesh_terms: D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics*; D003906:Developing Countries; D023281:Genomics / Q000592:standards*; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000592:standards*; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards