Table 2 List of data standards initiatives

OBO

The Open Biological and

Establish a set of principles for ontology

http://www.obofoundry.org

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Biomedical Ontologies

development to create a suite of orthogonal

interoperable reference ontologies in

the biomedical domain

CDISC

Clinical data interchange

Establish standards to support the acquisition,

http://www.cdisc.org

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standards consortium

exchange, submission and archive of

clinical research data and metadata

HUPO-PSI

Human Proteome Organisation-

Defines community standards for data

http://www.psidev.info

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Proteomics Standards Initiative

representation in proteomics to facilitate

data comparison, exchange and verification

GAGH

Global Alliance for Genomics

Create interoperable approaches to catalyze

http://genomicsandhealth.org/

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and Health

projects that will help unlock the great

potential of genomic data

COMBINE

Computational Modeling

Coordinate the development of the various

http://co.mbine.org/

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in Biology

community standards and formats for

computational models

MSI

Metabolomics Standards

Define community-agreed reporting

http://msi-workgroups.sourceforge.net

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Initiative

standards, which provided a clear description

of the biological system studied and

all components of metabolomics studies

RDA

Research Data Alliance

Builds the social and technical bridges that

https://rd-alliance.org

enable open sharing of data across multiple

scientific disciplines