BioSharing meeting report published in SIGS journal

The meeting report from the inaugural BioSharing meeting is now out in the journal Standards in Genomic Sciences (SIGS). Thanks to everyone who contributed.

The Biosharing meeting report is part of a special issue of SIGS organized by the Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) that includes nine meeting reports from five communities (the GSC, BioSharing, EMP, MIBBI and CAFAE).

Biosharing meeting report: HTML

New BioSharing website LAUNCHED

The new site has been launched!
Two prototype catalogues centralize data policies and reporting standards. A draft set of core information are exposed in this first version; we plan, however, to enrich their content and enhance their functionalities iteratively.
A feedback form and a mailing list are available from the 'Contact' page for you to provide us with suggestions and comments, but als receive news and announcement of releases and related meetings.

New BioSharing prototype website soon

The new prototype site will be launched on Wednesday 22nd of December, 2010. In line with "Statement of Purpose - Draft, Oct 2010" it will include “One-stop shop” catalogues to help centralizing information on bioscience data policies, standards and links to other related portals, and a communication forum to maintain linkages between stakeholders to enable flow of information and mutual support.