Samuel, Robyn M., et al. "Toward a global public repository of community protocols to encourage best practices in biomolecular ocean observing and research." Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (2021): 758694. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.758694
Abstract
We aim to achieve increased comparability between Biomolecular Ocean Practices (BOPs). Currently, the wealth of ocean biomolecular practices is shared in diverse formats (e.g. text in publications, pdfs, ...). To better compare differences in practices and integrate data generated using BOPs, we developed markdown templates as well as standardized metadata describing protocols (called Minimum Information about an Omics Protocol or "MIOP"). Our goal is to create machine-readable protocol documents where changes can be tracked, assigned DOIs, and linked to associated datasets. These tools will also allow us to compare protocols at scale and make protocols more findable.