1. International Barcode Of Life Initiative
Sujeevan Ratnasingham
Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding

2. Phone Directory & Species Directory

3. International Barcode of Life Initiative (iBOL)
5 Years
$150M
5M specimens
500K species

4. DNA Barcode Process DNA Sequences Species Names & Voucher Specimens
Sensor Data
Inferred Concepts
Samples (Observable Characteristics)
Physical
Species Names &
Taxon Concepts
Voucher Specimens
(Natural History Collections)

5. Centralized Informatics Framework (BOLD)
Archive – Organize and upload experimental data as it’s generated
Mine – Analyze submitted data with existing public data
Collaborate – Share confidentially with others or openly with the community
Unify - Connect molecular data with specimen data

6. + = Access Model Biology Community Wiki GenBank 1 3 2 access submit
website
forms or tool
or API
Curators
update
curate 1
GenBank
curate
submit
update
access
Curators 3
website
or API
submit
curate
update
access
Wiki + = 2

7. Micro-Projects, IP & Data Sharing
-Sharing data subsets
Object
Stack
Dataset
Dataset B
Dataset A

8. Data Analysis & Visualization

9. Current - > Future Data Viewers & Editors Registries
Workflow
Analytics
Integration
Data Viewers & Editors
Registries
Data Collection Tools
Semantic Annotation
Passive/Active
Visualization
Domain Specific Reports
Analytical Pipelines
Literature
APIs
Deep Links
Heterogeneous Data
340 CPU
100 TB
STORAGE
1000s CPU
100s TB
STORAGE
Dedicated Infrastructure
Cloud based Infrastructure
Distributed Globally