International Journal of Plant Genomics 
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 369601, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/369601

The Generation Challenge Programme Platform: Semantic Standards and Workbench for Crop Science

Richard Bruskiewich,¹ Martin Senger,¹ Guy Davenport,² Manuel Ruiz,³ Mathieu Rouard,⁴ Tom Hazekamp,⁴ Masaru Takeya,⁵ Koji Doi,⁵ Kouji Satoh,⁵ Marcos Costa,⁶ Reinhard Simon,⁷ Jayashree Balaji,⁸ Akinnola Akintunde,⁹ Ramil Mauleon,¹ Samart Wanchana,^1,10 Trushar Shah,² Mylah Anacleto,¹ Arllet Portugal,¹ Victor Jun Ulat,¹ Supat Thongjuea,¹⁰ Kyle Braak,² Sebastian Ritter,² Alexis Dereeper,³ Milko Skofic,⁴ Edwin Rojas,⁷ Natalia Martins,⁶ Georgios Pappas,⁶ Ryan Alamban,¹ Roque Almodiel,¹ Lord Hendrix Barboza,¹ Jeffrey Detras,¹ Kevin Manansala,¹ Michael Jonathan Mendoza,¹ Jeffrey Morales,¹ Barry Peralta,¹ Rowena Valerio,¹ Yi Zhang,¹ Sergio Gregorio,^1,11 Joseph Hermocilla,^1,11 Michael Echavez,^1,12 Jan Michael Yap,^1,12 Andrew Farmer,¹³ Gary Schiltz,¹³ Jennifer Lee,¹⁴ Terry Casstevens,¹⁵ Pankaj Jaiswal,¹⁵ Ayton Meintjes,¹⁶ Mark Wilkinson,¹⁷ Benjamin Good,^18,19 James Wagner,^18,19 Jane Morris,¹⁶ David Marshall,¹⁴ Anthony Collins,⁷ Shoshi Kikuchi,⁵ Thomas Metz,¹ Graham McLaren,¹ and Theo van Hintum²⁰

¹Crop Research Informatics Laboratory, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
²Crop Research Informatics Laboratory, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apdo. Postal 6-641, Mexico, DF 06600, Mexico
³Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Avenue Agropolis, Montpellier, Cedex 5 34398, France
⁴Bioversity International, Via dei Tre Denari 472/a, 00057 Maccarese (Fiumicino), Rome, Italy
⁵National Institute for Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
⁶Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA), Parque Estação Biologia Final W5 Norte, Brasilia, DF 70770-900, Brazil
⁷Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), Avenida La Molina 1895, La Molina, Apartado Postal 1558, Lima 12, Peru
⁸International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh 502324, India
⁹International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
¹⁰National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Road, Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
¹¹Institute of Computer Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines
¹²Department of Computer Science, University of the Philippines, Room 215, Melchor Hall, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
¹³National Center for Genome Resources, 2935 Rodeo Park Drive East, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA
¹⁴Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK
¹⁵Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
¹⁶African Centre for Gene Technologies, P.O. Box 75011, Lynnwood Ridge 0040, South Africa
¹⁷Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
¹⁸School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser Universtiy, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
¹⁹Bioinformatics Graduate Program, Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, 100-570 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4S6, Canada
²⁰Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN), P.O. Box 16, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands

Received 22 September 2007; Accepted 14 December 2007

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