Toward an Online Repository of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for (Meta)genomic Annotation

Samuel V. Angiuoli(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Aaron Gussman(University of Maryland, Baltimore), William Klimke(National Center for Biotechnology Information), Guy Cochrane(European Bioinformatics Institute), Dawn Field(UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology), George M Garrity(Michigan State University), Chinnappa D. Kodira(Broad Institute), Nikos C. Kyrpides(Joint Genome Institute), Ramana Madupu(J. Craig Venter Institute), Victor Markowitz(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Tatiana Tatusova(National Center for Biotechnology Information), Nick Thomson(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Owen White(University of Maryland, Baltimore)
OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology
April 16, 2008
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Abstract

The methodologies used to generate genome and metagenome annotations are diverse and vary between groups and laboratories. Descriptions of the annotation process are helpful in interpreting genome annotation data. Some groups have produced Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that describe the annotation process, but standards are lacking for structure and content of these descriptions. In addition, there is no central repository to store and disseminate procedures and protocols for genome annotation. We highlight the importance of SOPs for genome annotation and endorse an online repository of SOPs.


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