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- Microbiome samples are influenced by their environmental context, highlighting the importance of accompanying metadata for proper data interpretation.
- Community-driven metadata standards exist but are not consistently adopted within the microbiome research community.
- The National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) held a workshop in October 2019 to discuss the adoption of these standards and identify barriers, and this report summarizes the workshop's discussions and working group outcomes.*
Article Abstract
Microbiome samples are inherently defined by the environment in which they are found. Therefore, data that provide context and enable interpretation of measurements produced from biological samples, often referred to as metadata, are critical. Important contributions have been made in the development of community-driven metadata standards; however, these standards have not been uniformly embraced by the microbiome research community. To understand how these standards are being adopted, or the barriers to adoption, across research domains, institutions, and funding agencies, the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) hosted a workshop in October 2019. This report provides a summary of discussions that took place throughout the workshop, as well as outcomes of the working groups initiated at the workshop.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8573954 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01194-20 | DOI Listing |
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