Genome Catalogue - Introduction
From Genomic Standards Consortium
A prototype version of the Genome Catalogue using the GenCat software has been made available to promote discussion of the MIGS checklist. This tool supports the input of data describing genomes of different taxa and is generated 'on-the-fly' from the underlying MIGS XML schema. As the schema evolves over time so does this prototype version of the Genome Catalogue.
The Genome Catalogue also supports the capture of community-contributed terms for describing genomes. See the CVs and Ontologies page.
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Background
MIGS (Minimum Information About a Genome Sequence) outlines a conceptual structure for extending the core information that is common to describing genomic sequences beyond that traditionally captured in genome annotations.
1. MIGS checklist
The draft MIGS checklist is available here
2. MIGS: The XML Schema
The checklist for the MIGs specification has been implemented as an XML schema. This rich schema can be filtered for use with particular taxa and can easily be extended to capture additional information relevant to subsets of genomes (extensions). This schema is designed to describe the complete genomes of eukaryotes, prokaryotes, plasmids, viruses, organelles, as well as DNA derived from metagenomic studies. The schema is divided into 5 concepts: Organism, Environment, Phenotype, Sample Processing and Data Processing.
