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16 1. Introduction<br />

tual data acquisition tool MetaBar (chapter 2), which aims to support<br />

biologists to capture contextual data from sampl<strong>in</strong>g to sequenc<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

CD<strong>in</strong>Fusion (chapter 3) is a tool to prepare contextualized sequence<br />

data submissions. It helps to prepare contextual data enriched sequence<br />

submissions to the INSDC. At the <strong>in</strong>terface between data<br />

and <strong>in</strong>formation is a chapter about the GSC contextual data standard<br />

“M<strong>in</strong>imum Information about a MARKer Sequence” (MIMARKS)<br />

(chapter 4), this standard extends and ref<strong>in</strong>es the previously published<br />

checklist “M<strong>in</strong>imum Information about a Genome Sequence” (MIGS)/<br />

”M<strong>in</strong>imum Information about a Metagenome Sequence“ (MIMS) [Field<br />

et al., 2008] that are collectively called MIxS. At the <strong>in</strong>terface between<br />

<strong>in</strong>formation and knowledge is a chapter about the megx.net platform<br />

(chapter 5), an <strong>in</strong>ternet portal that provides users with a unified view<br />

on <strong>in</strong>tegrated sequence, environmental and geographic data. It provides<br />

tools to access and analyse these data with graphical user <strong>in</strong>terfaces.<br />

The thesis f<strong>in</strong>ishes, close to the top of the pyramid, with<br />

a chapter about <strong>in</strong> silico hypothesis and knowledge generation, <strong>in</strong> a<br />

study where metagenomic sequence data were analysed <strong>in</strong> their environmental<br />

context (chapter 6).<br />

1.8 Publication overview<br />

1) MetaBar - A tool for consistent contextual data acquisition<br />

and standards compliant submission<br />

Authors: Wolfgang Hankeln, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Dennis F<strong>in</strong>k, Renzo<br />

Kottmann, Pel<strong>in</strong> Yilmaz and Frank Oliver Glöckner<br />

Published <strong>in</strong>: BMC Bio<strong>in</strong>formatics, June 2010<br />

Personal Contribution: Developed and implemented MetaBar and<br />

wrote the <strong>in</strong>itial manuscript.<br />

Relevance: To provide the life science community with a tool that<br />

allows to capture contextual data consistently, that accumulate, when<br />

samples are collected and processed.<br />

2) CD<strong>in</strong>Fusion Submission-ready, on-l<strong>in</strong>e Integration of sequence<br />

and contextual data

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