Should Genomics Contextual Data Fly Coach?

Inigo San Gil, University of New Mexico The Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) creates long-term ecological... » More

Inigo San Gil, University of New Mexico The Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) creates long-term ecological data records in twenty six sites across the US. Five years ago the LTER adopted a metadata specification called the Ecological Metadata Language (EML) to facilitate network data integration and synthesis. A growing number of LTER scientists are conducting genomics research, thus the need to adopt an integrated genomics and ecological data management system is urgent. Recently, the LTER joined the Genomics Standard Consortium to collaborate in developing Minimum Information about a Genome/ Metagenome Sequence (MIGS/MIMS). In this talk, we discuss some of the differences between the data documenting process of the LTER and GSC and the possible mechanisms to bridge these differences. « Hide