Fig 1.
Examples of different types of metadata needed to describe the conversion of physical environmental samples into data and results.
Submitting data to central repositories typically requires sample and preparation metadata. Data processing and feature metadata are generated during analysis. Credit: Luke Thompson, PhD (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Source: the National Microbiome Data Collaborative [22]).
Table 1.
Examples of metadata that support data management from sample to publication, and resources to help standardize data/ metadata and sharing (protocols, controlled vocabularies/ontologies, etc.).
Table 2.
Common PIDs and possible relationships between them.