Genomic standards consortium projects.

Authors :: Field D
Sterk P
Kottmann R
De Smet JW
Amaral-Zettler L
Cochrane G
Cole JR
Davies N
Dawyndt P
Garrity GM
Gilbert JA
Glöckner FO
Hirschman L
Klenk HP
Knight R
Kyrpides N
Meyer F
Karsch-Mizrachi I
Morrison N
Robbins R
San Gil I
Sansone S
Schriml L
Tatusova T
Ussery D
Yilmaz P
White O
Wooley J
Caporaso G
Source :: Standards in genomic sciences [Stand Genomic Sci] 2014 Feb 15; Vol. 9 (3), pp. 599-601. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Feb 15 (Print Publication: 2014).
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: The Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) is an open-membership community that was founded in 2005 to work towards the development, implementation and harmonization of standards in the field of genomics. Starting with the defined task of establishing a minimal set of descriptions the GSC has evolved into an active standards-setting body that currently has 18 ongoing projects, with additional projects regularly proposed from within and outside the GSC. Here we describe our recently enacted policy for proposing new activities that are intended to be taken on by the GSC, along with the template for proposing such new activities.