Year: 2024
Type: data-paper
Abstract: A key source of biodiversity preservation is in the ex situ storage of seed in what are known as germplasm banks (GBs). Unfortunately, wild species germplasm bank databases, often maintained by resource-limited botanical gardens, are highly disparate and capture information about their collections in a wide range of underlying data formats, storage platforms, following different standards, and with varying degrees of data accessibility. Thus, it is extremely difficult to build conservation strategies for wild species via integrating data from these GBs. Here, we envisage that the application of the FAIR Principles to wild species and crop wild relatives information, through the creation of a federated network of FAIR GB databases, would greatly facilitate cross-resource discovery and exploration, thus assisting with the design of more efficient conservation strategies for wild species, and bringing more attention to these key data providers.
Source: Scientific Data
Authors: Alberto Cámara Ballesteros, Elena Aguayo Jara, Evrykleia Sofia Verykaki, Germán Pastor del Olmo, Santiago Moreno Vázquez, Elena Torres, Mark D. Wilkinson
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,290
OpenAlex ID: W4405523399