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      A second special issue of Standards In Genomic Sciences from the Genomic Standards Consortium

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          This issue includes a series of papers from the second special issue of the Standards in Genomic Sciences (SIGS) journal organized by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC). With this special issue, SIGS makes a significant advance towards its goal of providing a unique forum for publishing standards-compliant literature. With the publication of these articles SIGS is continuing to expand its scope and relevance to the wider scientific community working in the areas of genomes, metagenomes, metagenetics, 'omics and standard ways of describing, analyzing, distributing and publishing data. While the content of SIGS to date has largely consisted of reports on genome sequencing projects - making SIGS the 3rd ranked journal for total number of genome publications to date - the longer-term goal of SIGS is to serve as an open-access, standards-supportive publication for all consensus-building communities working to develop standards and related infrastructure. Joint publication is a key step in the defining the shared interests and goals of communities. This issue contains a suite of multi-author, consensus-driven articles. The papers in this special issue include a series of workshop reports, calls for adoption of new minimum information checklists, and a community call for open access to metagenomic samples. We look forward to seeing the international standards community continue to grow, and we thank SIGS for providing a novel forum in which to publish critical advances in this field.

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          Journal
          Stand Genomic Sci
          SIGS
          Standards in Genomic Sciences
          Michigan State University
          1944-3277
          22 November 2011
          30 November 2011
          : 5
          : 2
          : 194
          Affiliations
          [1 ]NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK
          [2 ]Microbial Genomics Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
          [3 ]School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
          [4 ]University of Oxford, Oxford e-Research Centre, Oxford, UK
          Article
          sigs.2295087
          10.4056/sigs.2295087
          3235510
          22180820
          6f0377b2-6b0e-4e57-9121-36d38bebce41
          Copyright @ 2011

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          Genetics

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