The first barcode data release paper has just been published by PLoS One. These data comply with the BARCODE data standard and the paper includes a table that links data records in GenBank to museum voucher specimens and data in the BOLD workbench database. This paper provides important background to our discussions with PLoS on data publication and community-based management of data curation and publication.

Hubert N, Hanner R, Holm E, Mandrak NE, Taylor E, et al. (2008) Identifying Canadian Freshwater Fishes through DNA Barcodes. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2490. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002490

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