Projects

The GSC supports a wide range of projects. All are described below and the link under “GSC Project Description” leads to a page with relevant information about the project, including contacts, overview information, key links, and documents like publications and how to get involved. These project descriptions are based on the GSC Project Description Template and are updated on an annual basis (Spring of each year). We welcome the addition of new projects at any time.

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Current Internal Projects

Acronym	Full Name	Project Description	Lead	Kickoff Meeting, Start Date	Status
MIxS	Minimum Information about any Sequence	Core standards of the GSC for describing genomes, metagenomes and gene marker sequences	Pelin Yilmaz	GSC 1, 2005	tbd
CIG (previously MIxS-ers)	MIxS Compliance and Interoperability Working Group	The engine of the GSC where developers and curators work together to update and implement the MIxS checklists	Ramona Walls	GSC 10, 2010	Ongoing, monthly calls
MIxS-BE	MIxS for indoor metagenomics	A MIxS environmental package for describing the microbial community in built environments	Lynn Schriml	GSC 13, 2012	tbd
MIGO	Minimum Information about a Genomic Observatory	A specification for describing Genomic Observatories	Neil Davies	GSC 12, 2011	tbd
MIOP	Minimum Information about an Omic Protocol	MIOP is intended to be a community-developed metadata specification for genomic protocols in any environment.	Neil Davies	GSC 23, 2023	tbd

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Current Collaborative Projects

Acronym	Full Name	Project Description	Lead	Kickoff Meeting, Start Date	Status
MEP	GEBA (previously Microbial Earth Project)	Megasequencing project covering all microbial type strains (~10.000 genomes)	Nikos Kyrpides	GSC 9, 2009	Rebranded as GEBA
GBWG	GSC Biodiversity Working Group	Building intersections between the genomics and biodiversity communities – towards building the field of “Biodiversity Genomics”	Bob Robbins	GSC 9, 2009	The working group with TDWG is still active and publishing works
Micro B3	Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology	Marine Microbial Bioinformatics Platform development – generating and using GSC compliant data – including Ocean Sampling Day	Frank Oliver Glöckner	GSC 11, 2011	The output from this collaboration is still being used even though the funded project has ended.
EnvO	Environment Ontology	An ontology to describe the environment (and samples taken from it)	Pier Luigi Buttigieg	GSC 14, 2012	Still actively being developed with collaboration from GSC members
BIOM	The Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format	A uniform file format for capturing the sample by observation matrix-style data and metadata that is common in the -omics fields.	Greg Caporaso	GSC 13, 2011	The BIOM standard is widely used
GGBN Standard	GGBN Data Standard Specification	A set of terms and controlled vocabularies designed to represent tissue, DNA or RNA facts	Gabi Droege	GSC 18, 2016	Alignment of terms is ongoing
ISA	ISA Infrastructure	Next-generation data sharing software suite based on the ISA-file format – capable of handling multi-omic data.also available as a G-doc.	Susanna Sansone	2012 (2003)	The ISA metadata format is ongoing
MINAS	Minimum Information about aNy Ancient Sequence	This project extends existing MIxS standards for compatibility with the particular requirements of ancient DNA (aDNA).	Antonio Fernandez Guerra, James A Fellows Yates & Kelly Blevins	2023	Ongoing
MiBiG	Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster	Description of gene clusters encoding the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.	Marnix Medema	GSC 15, 2013	stalled - anyone interested to restart this work please contact the GSC-CIG
MIxS-HCR	MIxS for hydrocarbon resources	A MIxS environmental package for describing the microbial community in hydrocarbon resources	Nicolas Tsesmetzis	GSC 17, 2015	stalled - anyone interested to restart this work please contact the GSC-CIG

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Previous Projects

These are projects that the GSC no longer has an active involvement in, either because the project has ended or because the goals no longer align with ours.

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Acronym	Full Name	Project Description	Lead	Kickoff Meeting, Start Date	Status
GCDML	Genomic Contextual Data Markup Language	An XML schema implementing MIxS	Renzo Kottmann	GSC 4, 2007	tbd
GRS	Genomic Rosetta Stone	Mapping of genomic identifiers across databases (to help unify descriptions from different electronic sources)	Peter Dawyndt	GSC 4, 2007	tbd
SIGS	Standards in Genomic Sciences Journal	The Open Access Journal of the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC)	George Garrity	GSC 5, 2008	tbd
M5	Metagenomics, Metadata, MetaAnalysis, Models and MetaInfrastructure	Bringing it all together in metagenomes – from data, to metadata to workflows to clouds	Folker Meyer	GSC 9, 2005	tbd
GOs Network	Genomic Observatories Network	Building a global network of expert site with long-term highly contextualized genomic observations	Neil Davies	GSC 14, 2012	tbd
Biocode Commons	Biocode Commons	Building the informatics stack for the Genomic Observatories Network – from field to analysis to publication	John Deck	GSC 14, 2012	tbd
MIPS	Minimum Information on a Phenotype MicroArray Study	A minimum standard for recording and distributing PM data, which aid in improving genome annotation and testing metabolic hypotheses	Hans-Peter Klenk	GSC 15, 2013	tbd
GCDJ	Genomic Contextual Data JSON	A JSON exchange format for Genomic Contextual Data	Ivaylo Kostadinov	GSC 17, 2015	tbd