Standards

A one-stop shop for minimal information standards (PhysOrg)

8 Aug 2008

More than 20 grass-roots standardisation groups, led by scientists at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), have combined forces to form the "Minimum Information about a Biomedical or Biological Investigation" (MIBBI) initiative (www.mibbi.org). Their aim is to harmonise standards for high-throughput biology, and their methodology is ...

Europe Round Up - Eurozone Credit Standards To Tighten In Q3; Italian Economy Contracts In Q2 (Nasdaq)

8 Aug 2008

(RTTNews) - Friday, statistical data released during the day added to growing concern over the outlook for the European economy. Results of a central bank survey showed that banks are set to tighten their credit standards in Euroarea in the third quarter.

One-stop Shop For Minimal Information Standards (Science Daily)

8 Aug 2008

International communities of life scientists are merging efforts to create an initiative for harmonizing minimal information standards in biology. Data standards are increasingly vital to scientific progress, as groups from around the world look to share their data and mine it more effectively.