[gensc-biodiversity-wg] Proposed TDWG standard for DNA collection units: ABCDDNA

Éamonn Ó Tuama (GBIF) eotuama at gbif.org
Wed Jan 4 15:24:34 UTC 2012


A proposed TDWG standard – ABCDDNA – should be of interest to this group.

 

“ABCDDNA is a theme specific extension for ABCD (Access to Biological
Collections Data) created to facilitate storage and exchange of data related
to DNA collection units, such as DNA extraction specifics, DNA quality
parameters, and data characterising products of downstream applications,
along with the relation to the analysed voucher specimen. ABCDDNA is an XML
Schema extension to ABCD 2.06, which offers only a rudimentary set of
DNA-specific data (Sequences).”

 

“The DNA extension of ABCD, ABCDDNA is based on standards defined by the DNA
Bank Network, taking into consideration terms used for common DNA features
in GenBank, EMBL, BOLD and different providers of LIMS (Laboratory
Information Management Systems). ABCDDNA adds 76 DNA specific elements to
the ABCD schema.”

 

More info here:

 <http://www.tdwg.org/standards/640/> http://www.tdwg.org/standards/640/ 

 

It would be good to ensure that any common concepts are shared across GSC
checklists and ABCDDNA.

 

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Éamonn Ó Tuama, M.Sc., Ph.D. (eotuama at gbif.org), 

Senior Programme Officer, Inventory, Discovery, Access (IDA), 

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, 

Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK

Phone:  +45 3532 1494; Fax:  +45 3532 1480

 

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