TreeBASE
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TreeBASE[1] is a repository of phylogenetic data published in scientific journals. In phylogenetic studies, research data of various types are collected or generated. These include comparative observations (e.g. character state matrices or multiple sequence alignments) made on a set of taxa, metadata about these taxa, and the
phylogenetic trees that are inferred to best describe the evolutionary relationships between the taxa.
Mission
The mission of the TreeBASE project is to provide stable records and identifiers for these data, so that authors can refer to their deposited data in their publication, and other scientists can locate the data and use them to verify the original research or to include them in further analyses.
History and funding
The TreeBASE project was launched in 1994[2],[3] with funding from the US National Science Foundation. After this initial prototype, a redesign was initiated under the CIPRES[4] project. This new version was released in March 2010 and has been supported by, among others, the pPOD project[5], which funded the addition of a RESTful web service interface with CQL search facilities[6], and NESCent, which currently hosts the database and web server.
Governance
Starting in Winter 2010, the governance model for TreeBASE is undergoing a reorganization to have it become associated with the Phyloinformatics Research Foundation[7]
References
- ^ "TreeBASE". Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ Sanderson, M. J. (1994). "TreeBASE: a prototype database of phylogenetic analyses and an interactive tool for browsing the phylogeny of life". American Journal of Botany. 81 (6): 183.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Piel, W. H. (2002). "TreeBASE: a database of phylogenetic knowledge". To the interoperable "Catalog of Life" with partners Species 2000 Asia Oceanea. Research Report from the National Institute for Environmental Studies (171): 41–47.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "CyberInfrastructure for Phylogenetic Research". Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ "processing PhylOData". Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ^ Vos, Rutger A. (2010). "TreeBASE2: Rise of the Machines". Nature Precedings.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Phyloinformatics Research Foundation". Retrieved 5 April 2011.