The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification

Dawn Field; George Garrity; Tanya Gray; Norman Morrison; Jeremy Selengut; Peter Sterk; Tatiana Tatusova; Nicholas Thomson; Michael J. Allen; Samuel V. Angiuoli; Michael Ashburner; Nelson Axelrod; Sandra Baldauf; Stuart Ballard; Jeffrey Boore; Guy Cochrane; James Cole; Peter Dawyndt; Paul De Vos; Claude dePamphilis; Robert Edwards; Nadeem Faruque; Robert Feldman; Jack Gilbert; Paul Gilna; Frank Oliver Glöckner; Philip Goldstein; Robert Guralnick; Dan Haft; David Hancock; Henning Hermjakob; Christiane Hertz-Fowler; Phil Hugenholtz; Ian Joint; Leonid Kagan; Matthew Kane; Jessie Kennedy; George Kowalchuk; Renzo Kottmann; Eugene Kolker; Saul Kravitz; Nikos Kyrpides; Jim Leebens-Mack; Suzanna E. Lewis; Kelvin Li; Allyson L. Lister; Phillip Lord; Natalia Maltsev; Victor Markowitz; Jennifer Martiny; Barbara Methe; Ilene Mizrachi; Richard Moxon; Karen Nelson; Julian Parkhill; Lita Proctor; Owen White; Susanna-Assunta Sansone; Andrew J. Spiers; Robert Stevens; Paul Swift; Chris Taylor; Yoshio Tateno; Adrian Tett; Sarah Turner; David Ussery; Bob Vaughan; Naomi Ward; Trish Whetzel; Ingio San Gil; Gareth Wilson; Anil Wipat

doi:10.1038/nbt1360

The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification

Dawn Field, George Garrity, Tanya Gray, Norman Morrison, Jeremy Selengut, Peter Sterk, Tatiana Tatusova, Nicholas Thomson, Michael J. Allen, Samuel V. Angiuoli, Michael Ashburner, Nelson Axelrod, Sandra Baldauf, Stuart Ballard, Jeffrey Boore, Guy Cochrane, James Cole, Peter Dawyndt, Paul De Vos, Claude dePamphilisRobert Edwards, Nadeem Faruque, Robert Feldman, Jack Gilbert, Paul Gilna, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Philip Goldstein, Robert Guralnick, Dan Haft, David Hancock, Henning Hermjakob, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Phil Hugenholtz, Ian Joint, Leonid Kagan, Matthew Kane, Jessie Kennedy, George Kowalchuk, Renzo Kottmann, Eugene Kolker, Saul Kravitz, Nikos Kyrpides, Jim Leebens-Mack, Suzanna E. Lewis, Kelvin Li, Allyson L. Lister, Phillip Lord, Natalia Maltsev, Victor Markowitz, Jennifer Martiny, Barbara Methe, Ilene Mizrachi, Richard Moxon, Karen Nelson, Julian Parkhill, Lita Proctor, Owen White, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Andrew J. Spiers, Robert Stevens, Paul Swift, Chris Taylor, Yoshio Tateno, Adrian Tett, Sarah Turner, David Ussery, Bob Vaughan, Naomi Ward, Trish Whetzel, Ingio San Gil, Gareth Wilson, Anil Wipat

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Abstract

With the quantity of genomic data increasing at an exponential rate, it is imperative that these data be captured electronically, in a standard format. Standardization activities must proceed within the auspices of open-access and international working bodies. To tackle the issues surrounding the development of better descriptions of genomic investigations, we have formed the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC). Here, we introduce the minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification with the intent of promoting participation in its development and discussing the resources that will be required to develop improved mechanisms of metadata capture and exchange. As part of its wider goals, the GSC also supports improving the ‘transparency’ of the information contained in existing genomic databases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	541-547
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nature Biotechnology
Volume	26
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1360
Publication status	Published - May 2008

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Field, D., Garrity, G., Gray, T., Morrison, N., Selengut, J., Sterk, P., ... Wipat, A. (2008). The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification. Nature Biotechnology, 26(5), 541-547. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1360

Field, Dawn ; Garrity, George ; Gray, Tanya ; Morrison, Norman ; Selengut, Jeremy ; Sterk, Peter ; Tatusova, Tatiana ; Thomson, Nicholas ; Allen, Michael J. ; Angiuoli, Samuel V. ; Ashburner, Michael ; Axelrod, Nelson ; Baldauf, Sandra ; Ballard, Stuart ; Boore, Jeffrey ; Cochrane, Guy ; Cole, James ; Dawyndt, Peter ; De Vos, Paul ; dePamphilis, Claude ; Edwards, Robert ; Faruque, Nadeem ; Feldman, Robert ; Gilbert, Jack ; Gilna, Paul ; Glöckner, Frank Oliver ; Goldstein, Philip ; Guralnick, Robert ; Haft, Dan ; Hancock, David ; Hermjakob, Henning ; Hertz-Fowler, Christiane ; Hugenholtz, Phil ; Joint, Ian ; Kagan, Leonid ; Kane, Matthew ; Kennedy, Jessie ; Kowalchuk, George ; Kottmann, Renzo ; Kolker, Eugene ; Kravitz, Saul ; Kyrpides, Nikos ; Leebens-Mack, Jim ; Lewis, Suzanna E. ; Li, Kelvin ; Lister, Allyson L. ; Lord, Phillip ; Maltsev, Natalia ; Markowitz, Victor ; Martiny, Jennifer ; Methe, Barbara ; Mizrachi, Ilene ; Moxon, Richard ; Nelson, Karen ; Parkhill, Julian ; Proctor, Lita ; White, Owen ; Sansone, Susanna-Assunta ; Spiers, Andrew J. ; Stevens, Robert ; Swift, Paul ; Taylor, Chris ; Tateno, Yoshio ; Tett, Adrian ; Turner, Sarah ; Ussery, David ; Vaughan, Bob ; Ward, Naomi ; Whetzel, Trish ; San Gil, Ingio ; Wilson, Gareth ; Wipat, Anil. / The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification. In: Nature Biotechnology. 2008 ; Vol. 26, No. 5. pp. 541-547.

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