Standards for reporting bioscience data: a forward look.
Groups representing a number of domains in the life sciences have been developing specifications and resources for the description and transmission of data, including those produced by (high-throughput) omics technologies. Although these developments are individually valuable, there is now a need for coordination to avoid the problem of a multiplicity of competing candidate standards. Three ongoing collaborative projects (FuGE, OBI and MIBBI) offer the promise of support for truly integrated, cross-domain informatics solutions. This article briefly summarizes the status quo with respect to biological and biomedical data standards, and offers an assessment of coming developments.
Taylor
Chris F
CF
European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD, UK. chris.taylor@ebi.ac.uk
D001690:Biological Science Disciplines / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D048088:Informatics; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D011786:Quality Control; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*