Oxford, Harvard scientists lead data-sharing effort: New standards allow disparate data sets to integrate
Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Led by researchers at University of Oxford and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) at Harvard University, more than 50 collaborators at over 30 scientific organizations around the globe have agreed on a common standard that will make possible the consistent description of enormous and radically different databases compiled in fields ranging from genetics to stem cell science, to environmental studies.