bold : The Barcode of Life Data System (http://www.barcodinglife.org)
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The Barcode of Life Data System ( bold ) is an informatics workbench aiding the acquisition, storage, analysis and publication of DNA barcode records. By assembling molecular, morphological and distributional data, it bridges a traditional bioinformatics chasm. bold is freely available to any researcher with interests in DNA barcoding. By providing specialized services, it aids the assembly of records that meet the standards needed to gain BARCODE designation in the global sequence databases. Because of its web‐based delivery and flexible data security model, it is also well positioned to support projects that involve broad research alliances. This paper provides a brief introduction to the key elements of bold , discusses their functional capabilities, and concludes by examining computational resources and future prospects.
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- Authors
- RATNASINGHAM, S., & HEBERT, P. D. N.
- Affiliations
- University of Guelph (CA)
- Corresponding author
- HEBERT, PAUL D. N.
- Venue
- Molecular Ecology Notes
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-01-24
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 355-364
- ISSN
- 1471-8278 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-8286
- PMC
- PMC1890991
- OpenAlex
- W3121953277
- Cited by
- 6,376
- References
- 25
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- FWCI
- 68.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Molecular Ecology Notes (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Genome Canada
- Ontario Genomics Institute
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Research Data Management Practices
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Keywords
- DNA barcoding, Barcode of Life Data System, bioinformatics software, species delimitation, web data management, data security
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