TDWG 2020: Genomic Biodiversity Interest Group - Working Sessions
Channel: Biodiversity Information Standards TDWG
Date: 25/09/2020

This is a working session of the joint TDWG and Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) Biodiversity Genomics Working Group (aka GBWG). The session will begin with an overview of GBWG activities over the past year and plans for the coming year. Three working sessions of ~45 minutes each will cover the following topics: 1) Managing environmental samples, e-DNA, and relationships among organisms, particularly among microorganisms or between micro- and macro-organisms. 2) Coordination between GSC, TDWG, and GGBN. We will begin by reviewing the history of GSC and TDWG interactions, then compare MIxS and Darwin Core to determine what terms might need to be added to each list for compatibility. GGBN is under review as an official TDWG and GSC standard, and their mappings can provide a guide for this. We can discuss if/how ABCD should also map to MIxS and new work on MIXS as RDF. 3) Based on common needs from GSC/TDWG coordination (topic 2) and requirements for linking organism and samples (topic 1), discuss an overall data model for biodiversity that could be shared among groups including GBIF, GGBN, and INSDC. The goal is not to come up with a model at this workshop, but to pinpoint common needs and examine existing models that may be useful such as PROV, the BioCollection Ontology, and ABCD.

Session Type: Interest Group

Organizers: Ramona L. Walls, University of Arizona, Tucson USA; John Deck, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley USA