title: Toward Global Biobank Integration by Implementation of the Minimum Information About BIobank Data Sharing (MIABIS 2.0 Core).
abstract: Biobanks are the biological back end of data-driven medicine, but lack standards and generic solutions for interoperability and information harmonization. The move toward a global information infrastructure for biobanking demands semantic interoperability through harmonized services and common ontologies. To tackle this issue, the Minimum Information About BIobank data Sharing (MIABIS) was developed in 2012 by the Biobanking and BioMolecular Resources Research Infrastructure of Sweden (BBMRI.se). The wide acceptance of the first version of MIABIS encouraged evolving it to a more structured and descriptive standard. In 2013 a working group was formed under the largest infrastructure for health in Europe, Biobanking and BioMolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC), with the remit to continue the development of MIABIS (version 2.0) through a multicountry governance process. MIABIS 2.0 Core has been developed with 22 attributes describing Biobanks, Sample Collections, and Studies according to a modular structure that makes it easier to adhere to and to extend the standard. This integration standard will make a great contribution to the discovery and exploitation of biobank resources and lead to a wider and more efficient use of valuable bioresources, thereby speeding up the research on human diseases. Many within the European Union have accepted MIABIS 2.0 Core as the "de facto" biobank information standard.
authors.affiliation: 1 BBMRI.se, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden .
authors.forename: Roxana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Merino-Martinez
authors.affiliation: 1 BBMRI.se, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden .
authors.forename: Loreana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Norlin
authors.affiliation: 2 BBMRI-NL, Department of Genetics, Genomics Coordination Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen , Groningen, the Netherlands .
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Enckevort
authors.affiliation: 3 Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Center Munich , Munich, Germany .
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anton
authors.affiliation: 4 Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Center Munich , Munich, Germany .
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schuffenhauer
authors.affiliation: 5 BBMRI.fi, National Institute for Health and Welfare , Genomics and Biomarkers Unit, Helsinki, Finland .
authors.forename: Kaisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Silander
authors.affiliation: 2 BBMRI-NL, Department of Genetics, Genomics Coordination Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen , Groningen, the Netherlands .
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mook
authors.affiliation: 6 BBMRI-ERIC , Graz, Austria .
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holub
authors.affiliation: 7 IMSE , TUM, Munich, Germany .
authors.forename: Raffael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bild
authors.affiliation: 2 BBMRI-NL, Department of Genetics, Genomics Coordination Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen , Groningen, the Netherlands .
authors.forename: Morris
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swertz
authors.affiliation: 6 BBMRI-ERIC , Graz, Austria .
authors.forename: Jan-Eric
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Litton
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D012984:Software; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000592:standards*