10.1 - Mapping between data elements

Translational bioinformatics is an emerging field that studies how to use biomolecular data and knowledge for advancing medical care. This necessitates closer collaboration of specialists in bioinformatics and clinical informatics. One important aspect here is to make information about existing biomaterials, which are stored in different biobanks, widely accessible for researchers. The BioSamples database at EBI aims to serve as a definitive resource for managing biological sample information from a wide variety of data sources. WP10 is working towards integration of the BioSamples database with biobanks and biobank federations. BBMRI has developed a set of recommended attributes that describe biobanks and sample collections within biobanks, expressed in the MIABIS standard. In this deliverable we have mapped MIABIS to SampleTab, a standard format for uploading and representing data in the BioSamples database.