The Future of Plant Databases Conference to be held September 10-11, 2001 in Rockville, MD

基因组学革命的核心是各种基因组计划的民主化-- EST测序、大规模绘图以及有限和完整的基因组测序计划。这导致了不同类型的大型关联数据集的产生，这些数据集通常在空间，时间和格式上分散。这使得比较分析变得困难，并使得建立综合数据库成为一项重大挑战，如果不是经常无法克服的话。我们的目标将是讨论和尝试定义什么是可访问的，及时的，可用的数据，以及NSF和USDA如何帮助促进植物基因组数据的数据协调。目标是定义设计元素，以确保模块化、可扩展、可互操作、机器和人类可查询的数据结构和接口。

At the heart of the genomics revolution has been the democratization of genome projects of all varieties - EST sequencing, large-scale mapping, and both limited and complete genome sequencing projects. This has resulted in the production of large, associated datasets of diverse types that are often scattered in space, time, and format. This has made comparative analyses difficult and makes the creation of integrated databases a significant, if not often insurmountable challenge. The goal will be to discuss and to attempt to define what is meant by accessible, timely, and usable data and how NSF and USDA can help to facilitate such data coordination for plant genome data. The objective is to define the design elements that will ensure modular, extensible, interoperable, machine and human queryable data structures and interfaces.