About

• 💾 Palaeogenomic data is routinely shared on public databases
• 🏷️ Metadata? Not so good…

The Minimum Information about any Ancient Sequence (MInAS) project aims to develop standardised metadata reporting schemes of ancient DNA samples and sequencing data via community-based consensus and training.

🏗️ This project builds from and interacts with the Genomics Standards Consortium's (GSC) MIxS project.

View the schema

To view the latest version of the MInAS schema, please see the MInAS DataHarmonizer. Use the 'Template' dropdown to select a relevant combination, and the help sidebar for metadata term definitions. For more details see the drafts pages.

ℹ️ See the project proposal submitted to the GSC for further context and motivations behind the project. For the planned phases of the project, see Project Phases. To see the latest drafts, please see the respective Draft page.

🤝 We are actively looking for other palaeogenomic communities and groups to get involved with the project - please see Get Involved if you are interested.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The MInAS project was originally spearheaded by the SPAAM Community, however has developed it's own community encompassing all areas of palaeogenomics.

❓ For more information, see our communication channels in Get Involved or Contact.