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GAINGlobal Accession Information Network

December 4, 2006NGB Board Meeting 2006Alnarp, Sweden

Dag Endresen, Nordic Gene Bank

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TOPICSTOPICS

Genetic resources:

Data exchange Information network Outlook

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Germplasm data, seed Germplasm data, seed genebanksgenebanks

Germplasm genebanks are biodiversity collections.

Collection level dataMetadata about genebank institutes and the germplasm collections they hold.

Unit level dataThe unit level data for germplasm collections are the accessions. Genebank accessions share many properties and attributes with other biodiversity specimens.

Descriptive data (phenotype)The germplasm accessions are further described by descriptive characterization and evaluation data.

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Germplasm cataloguesGermplasm catalogues

Most genebank datasets are indexed by three major germplasm catalogues

EURISCO is the data catalogue of the European genebanks (997 631 accessions)

SINGER is the portal to the international CGIAR collections (689 349 accessions)

USDA-GRIN is the portal to the USDA ARS National Germplasm Repositories of the USA (475 178 accessions)

All three catalogues are now published in GBIF

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Data warehouse modelData warehouse model

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The present data flow from genebanks to EURISCO and The present data flow from genebanks to EURISCO and

ECCDBsECCDBs

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Decentralized modelDecentralized model

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Decentralized modelDecentralized model

EURISCO(Data Portal

Europe)

Nordic Gene Bank(Northern Europe)

IPK Gatersleben(Germany)

IHAR(Poland)

(Other European gene banks...)

SINGER(Data Portal for

CGIAR) (CGIARInternationalFuture Harvest gene banks...)

USDA GRIN(Data Portal USA)

(USDA ARSNational Germplasm Repositories...)

WUR CGN(Netherlands)

GBIF(Global BiodiversityData Portal)USER

GAIN(Global germplasmData Portal)[chm.grinfo.net]

Internet

MCPD

MCPDMCPD MCPD MCPD

Svalbard International Seed Vault(Safe Backup)

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Germplasm data indexing toolsGermplasm data indexing tools

We have recently built data indexing methodologies for access to germplasm data with BioCASE/PyWrapper.

This is planned to build a Germplasm Clearing House Mechanism (GAIN).

Development in close cooperation with GBIF, which themselves index basic biodiversity data from a similar approach.

[http://chm.grinfo.net/index.php]

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Decentralized data network with web services

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Germplasm data exchange with Germplasm data exchange with PyWrapper/BioCASEPyWrapper/BioCASE

GBIF technology demonstrated to IPGRI, FAO, CGIAR centres and genebanks (2005) and widely adopted for PGR information networks

In the spring of 2004 the first European genebanks joined GBIF as data providers.

In 2005 USDA-GRIN joined GBIF. In 2006 both SINGER and EURISCO joined GBIF.

The germplasm datasets worldwide are compatible with the MCPD data standard.

Sharing of germplasm datasets with GBIF was rather straight forward after mapping of the MCPD data standard to ABCD 2.06

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Germplasm BioCASE entry pointsGermplasm BioCASE entry points

[http://chm.grinfo.net/index.php?app=data_providers]

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Taxonomic Database Working GroupTaxonomic Database Working Group

Darwin Core 2 - Element definitions designed to support the sharing and integration of primary biodiversity data". [http://darwincore.calacademy.org/]

Access to Biological Collection Data (ABCD) 2.06 - An evolving comprehensive standard for the access to and exchange of data about specimens and observations (a.k.a. primary biodiversity data)“.[http://www.bgbm.org/TDWG/CODATA/Schema/]

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PGR sub-unit of ABCD 2.06PGR sub-unit of ABCD 2.06

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Generation Challenge Programme, Generation Challenge Programme, GCP_Passport_1.03GCP_Passport_1.03

The Generation Challenge Programme is a research and capacity building network that uses plant genetic diversity to produce better crop varieties for resource-poor farmers.

In the context of the GCP (Generation Challenge Programme), the GCP Passport data exchange schema was developed.

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GCP_Passport Upgrade to ABCDGCP_Passport Upgrade to ABCD

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Global Unique Identifiers, GUID (LSID, Life Science Identifiers) [http://lsid.sourceforge.net/]

Biodiversity informatics workflow tools (BioMOBY and Taverna)

Work in progressWork in progress

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OutlookOutlook

The compatibility of data standards between PGR and biodiversity collections made it possible to integrate the worldwide germplasm collections into the biodiversity community.

Using GBIF technology (and contributing to its development), the PGR community can easily establish specific PGR networks without duplicating GBIF's work.

Use of GBIF technology and integration of PGR collection data into GBIF allows PGR users to simultaneously search PGR collections and other biodiversity collections, and to get access to the data (and possibly the material) of relevant biodiversity collections.

Users from the biodiversity community (who may not be aware of the existence of relevant material in genebanks) will find in GBIF genebank material of, e.g. crop wild relatives, along with data of the same species from herbaria, botanical gardens and floristic observations.

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Special thanks toSpecial thanks to

IPGRI (Bioversity International) [http://www.bioversityinternational.org]

GCP, The Generation Challenge Programme [http://www.generationcp.org/]

GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility [http://www.gbif.org]

BioCASE, The Biological Collection Access Service for Europe. [http://www.biocase.org]

TDWG, Taxonomic Database Working Group [http://www.tdwg.org]

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Thank you for listening!