A-F Adam-Blondon1, , M Alaux1 , C Pommier1 , D Cantu2 , Z-M Cheng3 , GR Cramer4 , C Davies5 , S Delrot6 , L Deluc7 , G Di Gaspero8 , J Grimplet9 , A Fennell10 , JP Londo11 , P Kersey12 , F Mattivi13 , S Naithani7 , P Neveu14 , M Nikolski15,16 , M Pezzotti17 , BI Reisch18 , R Töpfer19 , MA Vivier20 and D Ware21,22 , H Quesneville,1
1URGI, UR1164 INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles 78026, France 2Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA 3Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA 4Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA 5CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Waite Campus, WIC West Building, PMB2, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia 6Université de Bordeaux, ISVV, EGFV, UMR 1287, F-33140 Villenave d’Ornon, France 7Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA 8Istituto di Genomica Applicata, Udine 33100, Italy 9Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (CSIC, Universidad de La Rioja, Gobierno de La Rioja), Logroño 26006, Spain 10Plant Science Department, South Dakota State University, BioSNTR, Brookings, SD 57007, USA 11United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service-Grape Genetics Research Unit, Geneva, NY 14456, USA 12European Molecular Biology Laboratory, The European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK 13Dipartimento Qualità Alimentare e Nutrizione, Centro Ricerca ed Innovazione Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige, Italia 14UMR Mistea, INRA, Montpellier 34060, France 15University of Bordeaux, CBiB, Bordeaux 33000, France 16University of Bordeaux, CNRS/LaBRI, Talence 33405, France 17Department of Biotechnology, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona 37134, Italy 18Horticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456, USA 19JKI Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof, Siebeldingen 76833, Germany 20Department of Viticulture and Oenology, Institute for Wine Biotechnology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, South Africa 21Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA 22US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, NEA Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA *Corresponding author. E-mail: afadam@versailles.inra.fr
Received: 15 Sep 2016 Revised: 10 Oct 2016 Accepted: 21 Oct 2016 Published online: 23 Nov 2016
Abstract
Viticulture, like other fields of agriculture, is currently facing important challenges that will be addressed only through sustained, dedicated and coordinated research. Although the methods used in biology have evolved tremendously in recent years and now involve the routine production of large data sets of varied nature, in many domains of study, including grapevine research, there is a need to improve the findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability (FAIR-ness) of these data. Considering the heterogeneous nature of the data produced, the transnational nature of the scientific community and the experience gained elsewhere, we have formed an open working group, in the framework of the International Grapevine Genome Program (www.vitaceae.org), to construct a coordinated federation of information systems holding grapevine data distributed around the world, providing an integrated set of interfaces supporting advanced data modeling, rich semantic integration and the next generation of data mining tools. To achieve this goal, it will be critical to develop, implement and adopt appropriate standards for data annotation and formatting. The development of this system, the GrapeIS, linking genotypes to phenotypes, and scientific research to agronomical and oeneological data, should provide new insights into grape biology, and allow the development of new varieties to meet the challenges of biotic and abiotic stress, environmental change, and consumer demand.
, M Alaux1 , C Pommier1 , D Cantu2 , Z-M Cheng3 , GR Cramer4 , C Davies5 , S Delrot6 , L Deluc7 , G Di Gaspero8 , J Grimplet9 , A Fennell10 , JP Londo11 , P Kersey12 , F Mattivi13 , S Naithani7 , P Neveu14 , M Nikolski15,16 , M Pezzotti17 , BI Reisch18 , R Töpfer19 , MA Vivier20 and D Ware21,22 , H Quesneville,1 
