The PDF file you selected should load here if your Web browser has a PDF reader plug-in installed (for example, a recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Alternatively, you can also download the PDF file directly to your computer, from where it can be opened using a PDF reader. To download the PDF, click the Download link below.

If you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with PDFs, Highwire Press provides a helpful Frequently Asked Questions about PDFs.

Download this PDF file Fullscreen Fullscreen Off



Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

This article doi:10.4056/sigs.1333437 has been cited by 3 other articles:

The first special issue of Standards in Genomic Sciences from the Genomic Standards Consortium
Field et al.
Stand. Genomic Sci. 3(3) 214.
10.4056/sigs.1493697

Conceptualizing a Genomics Software Institute (GSI)
Gilbert et al.
Stand. Genomic Sci. 6(1) 136.
10.4056/sigs.2485911

From genomics to metagenomics
Desai et al.
Current Opinion in Biotechnology 23(1) 72.
10.1016/j.copbio.2011.12.017



Acknowledgements

We would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of many members of the Genomic Standards Consortium, the broader genomic science community, and those who have indicated their willingness to serve as editors, reviewers and contributors.

Funding for SIGS is provided by a grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University, the Michigan State University Foundation, and the US Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Research DE-FG02-08ER64707.

Standards in Genomic Sciences is indexed in:

Sponsors of the Genomic Standards Consortium: