INSDC

The International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC)

INSDC is a global collaboration of independent governmental or non-profit organisations that manage nucleotide sequence databases capturing and preserving nucleotide sequence information and annotations to create a comprehensive collection that preserves the scientific record and enables broad sharing of such data.
INSDC Members exchange data and make exchanged data freely accessible without restrictive licensing as part of the scientific record, including all corrections and updates.

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Governance

The INSDC is governed by two committees as detailed below:

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee establishes the strategic directions of INSDC, directs administrative activities such as organising meetings and overseeing the INSDC website content, resolves disputes, and sets membership expectations.

Implementation Committee

The INSDC Implementation Committee accepts INSDC-wide policies, protocols, and procedures; prepares for and responds to technology changes; approves modifications for infrastructure requirements, features, and schemas used to build INSDC-participating repositories and their services; trains, assesses, and approves new INSDC Members; and maintains website content and internal documentation.

See INSDC meeting report

Members and Participating Databases

The INSDC is a collaboration between the following member organisations and their databases: See also Global Participation on INSDSC web site.

Data type/Member	The Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS), National Institute of Genetics (NIG)	The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), [European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)	The National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Institutes of Health
Next generation reads	Sequence Read Archive	European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)	Sequence Read Archive
Annotated sequence	DDBJ		GenBank
Samples	BioSample		BioSample
Studies	BioProject		BioProject

Mission and Vision

The mission of INSDC is to support advancements in biomedical and life sciences, public health, research, innovation, discovery, education, capacity building, and bioeconomies by providing services to accept, preserve, and openly disseminate sequence data and metadata that are generated worldwide.

INSDC is the premiere open access nucleotide sequence data sharing collaboration in the world, fostering access of nucleotide sequence data from all continents and regions, and providing broad recognition to those who generate and share sequence data.

The INSDC mission and vision builds upon the previous INSDC policies.
See also Science 298 (5597): 1333 15 Nov 2002: