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Title
Category
Work Streams
Products
Communities of Interest
Date
Principles & Policies
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
27 Mar 2024
Road Map
Cloud Work Stream
Tool Registry Service (TRS), Data Repository Service (DRS), Task Execution Service (TES), Workflow Execution Service (WES)
12 Mar 2024
Minutes
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Discovery Work Stream
Federated Cohort Building
22 Feb 2024
Other
Discovery Work Stream
Experiments Metadata Standard
21 Feb 2024
Agenda
Rare Disease Community
20 Feb 2024
Planning, Implementation Support, Other
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Cloud Work Stream, Data Security Work Stream, Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream, Discovery Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream, Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Authorisation and Authentication Infrastructure (AAI), Bad Actors in Research Environments (BARE), Beacon, Browser Extensible Data (BED), Categorical Variation (CatVar), Clinical Data Sharing and Consent, Clinical Genomic Consent Clauses, Cloud Security and Privacy, Federated Cohort Building, Consent Clauses for Genomic Research, Consent Policy, Consent Toolkit, Data Access Committee Guiding Principles and Procedural Standards Policy, Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit, Data Connect, Data Model and Schema Consensus (DaMaSC), Data Privacy and Security Policy, Data Repository Service (DRS), Data Security Infrastructure Policy (DSIP), Data Use Ontology (DUO), Diversity in Datasets, Ethical Preparedness for Pandemics and Epidemics (EPPE) Framework, Ethical Provenance Toolkit, Ethics Review Recognition Policy, Experiments Metadata Standard, Familial Consent Clauses, Family History Toolkit, Framework for Involving and Engaging Participants, Patients, and Publics in Genomics Research and Health Implementation, Framework for responsible sharing of genomic and health-related data, GDPR & International Health Data Sharing Forum, Genetic Data Encryption (Crypt4GH), Genetic Discrimination Toolkit, Genetic Discrimination: Implications for Data Sharing Projects, Genetic Variation Formats (VCF), htsget, Large Scale Initiatives Consent Clauses, Model Consent Clauses for Rare Disease Research, Machine Readable Consent Guidance (MRCG), Paediatric Consent to Genetic Research Clauses, Passports, Pedigree, Pharmacogenomics Data Standardisation, Phenopackets, Policy on Clinically Actionable Genomic Research Results, Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts, refget, Responsible Data Sharing to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethical and Legal Considerations, Risk Assessment Methodology for Software Stacks, RNAget, SAM/BAM, Sequence Annotation (SA), Service Info, Service Registry, Structural Variation (SV), Task Execution Service (TES), Variant Annotation (VA), Tool Registry Service (TRS), Variant Benchmarking Tools, Variation Representation (VRS), WGS Quality Control Standards, Workflow Execution Service (WES), Your DNA, Your Say (Participant Values Survey), Consent Toolkit, Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit, Ethical Provenance Toolkit, Family History Toolkit, Genetic Discrimination Toolkit, CRAM
15 Dec 2023
Product Documentation
Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Categorical Variation (CatVar)
8 Nov 2023
Minutes
Ethical Preparedness for Pandemics and Epidemics (EPPE) Framework
8 Nov 2023
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Ethical Preparedness for Pandemics and Epidemics (EPPE) Framework
8 Nov 2023
Product Documentation
Discovery Work Stream
Experiments Metadata Standard
8 Nov 2023
Minutes
Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Variation Representation (VRS)
8 Nov 2023
Meeting Report
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Cloud Work Stream, Data Security Work Stream, Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream, Discovery Work Stream, Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
7 Nov 2023
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts
13 Oct 2023
Product Documentation
Discovery Work Stream
Data Model and Schema Consensus (DaMaSC)
30 Sep 2023
Principles & Policies
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Cloud Work Stream, Data Security Work Stream, Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream, Discovery Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream, Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
19 Sep 2023
Principles & Policies
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Cloud Work Stream, Data Security Work Stream, Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream, Discovery Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream, Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Authorisation and Authentication Infrastructure (AAI), Passports, Bad Actors in Research Environments (BARE), Beacon, Browser Extensible Data (BED), Categorical Variation (CatVar), Clinical Data Sharing and Consent, Clinical Genomic Consent Clauses, Cloud Security and Privacy, Federated Cohort Building, Consent Clauses for Genomic Research, Consent Policy, Consent Toolkit, CRAM, Data Access Committee Guiding Principles and Procedural Standards Policy, Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit, Data Connect, Data Model and Schema Consensus (DaMaSC), Data Privacy and Security Policy, Data Repository Service (DRS), Data Security Infrastructure Policy (DSIP), Data Use Ontology (DUO), Diversity in Datasets, Ethical Preparedness for Pandemics and Epidemics (EPPE) Framework, Ethical Provenance Toolkit, Ethics Review Recognition Policy, Experiments Metadata Standard, Familial Consent Clauses, Family History Toolkit, Framework for Involving and Engaging Participants, Patients, and Publics in Genomics Research and Health Implementation, Framework for responsible sharing of genomic and health-related data, GDPR & International Health Data Sharing Forum, Genetic Data Encryption (Crypt4GH), Genetic Discrimination Toolkit, Genetic Discrimination: Implications for Data Sharing Projects, Genetic Variation Formats (VCF), htsget, Large Scale Initiatives Consent Clauses, Machine Readable Consent Guidance (MRCG), Model Consent Clauses for Rare Disease Research, Paediatric Consent to Genetic Research Clauses, Pedigree, Pharmacogenomics Data Standardisation, Phenopackets, Policy on Clinically Actionable Genomic Research Results, Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts, refget, Responsible Data Sharing to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethical and Legal Considerations, Risk Assessment Methodology for Software Stacks, RNAget, SAM/BAM, Sequence Annotation (SA), Service Info, Service Registry, Task Execution Service (TES), Tool Registry Service (TRS), Variant Annotation (VA), Variant Benchmarking Tools, Variation Representation (VRS), WGS Quality Control Standards, Workflow Execution Service (WES), Your DNA, Your Say (Participant Values Survey), Consent Toolkit, Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit, Ethical Provenance Toolkit, Family History Toolkit, Genetic Discrimination Toolkit
14 Sep 2023
Principles & Policies
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Cloud Work Stream, Data Security Work Stream, Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream, Discovery Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream, Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
14 Sep 2023
Principles & Policies
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Cloud Work Stream, Data Security Work Stream, Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream, Discovery Work Stream, Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
14 Sep 2023
Toolkit Component
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts
11 Sep 2023
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts
23 May 2023
Road Map, Principles & Policies, Other
13 May 2023
Minutes
Discovery Work Stream
Beacon, Data Connect, Service Registry, Service Info
10 May 2023
Minutes, Agenda
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Pharmacogenomics Data Standardisation
5 May 2023
Working
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Pharmacogenomics Data Standardisation
5 May 2023
Meeting Report
Data Security Work Stream
Bad Actors in Research Environments (BARE)
5 May 2023
Toolkit Component
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Pedigree, Family History Toolkit
28 Apr 2023
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
6 Apr 2023
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
6 Apr 2023
Other
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
6 Apr 2023
Other
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Cloud Work Stream, Data Security Work Stream, Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream, Discovery Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream, Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
5 Apr 2023
Implementation Support
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Phenopackets
30 Mar 2023
Minutes
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Pedigree, Phenopackets
11 Mar 2023
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
Genetic Data Encryption (Crypt4GH)
11 Mar 2023
Minutes
Discovery Work Stream
Data Connect
11 Mar 2023
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
Genetic Variation Formats (VCF), CRAM, SAM/BAM
11 Mar 2023
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
Genetic Variation Formats (VCF)
11 Mar 2023
Minutes
Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Variation Representation (VRS)
11 Mar 2023
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
htsget
11 Mar 2023
Minutes
Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Sequence Annotation (SA)
11 Mar 2023
Minutes
Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Variant Annotation (VA)
11 Mar 2023
Implementation Support, Product Documentation
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
refget
10 Mar 2023
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
WGS Quality Control Standards
6 Mar 2023
Road Map
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
WGS Quality Control Standards
6 Mar 2023
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Machine Readable Consent Guidance (MRCG)
12 Jan 2023
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Responsible Data Sharing to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethical and Legal Considerations
12 Jan 2023
Working
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
11 Jan 2023
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts
10 Jan 2023
Presentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit
12 Oct 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
11 Oct 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Clinical Data Sharing and Consent
6 Oct 2022
Working
Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit
13 Sep 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
8 Sep 2022
Graphic
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Your DNA, Your Say (Participant Values Survey)
31 Aug 2022
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts
31 Aug 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Genetic Discrimination Toolkit
30 Aug 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
28 Jul 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts
5 Jul 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
29 Jun 2022
Working
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
29 Jun 2022
Product Documentation, Toolkit Component
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Toolkit
23 Jun 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Clinical Data Sharing and Consent
16 Jun 2022
Minutes
Discovery Work Stream
Data Model and Schema Consensus (DaMaSC)
11 May 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts
28 Apr 2022
Working
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Federated Cohort Building
28 Apr 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Ethical Provenance Toolkit
27 Apr 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
25 Apr 2022
Product Documentation, Toolkit Component
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Toolkit
21 Apr 2022
Working
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Genetic Discrimination Toolkit
19 Apr 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Clinical Data Sharing and Consent
17 Mar 2022
Working
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
14 Mar 2022
Road Map
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
1 Mar 2022
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Genetic Discrimination Toolkit
23 Feb 2022
Road Map
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
22 Feb 2022
Planning
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Pedigree
16 Feb 2022
Working
Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
Passports
17 Jan 2022
Minutes
Data Security Work Stream
Authorisation and Authentication Infrastructure (AAI)
13 Jan 2022
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
Genetic Data Encryption (Crypt4GH)
4 Jan 2022
Working
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Pedigree
8 Dec 2021
Product Documentation, Toolkit Component
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Genetic Discrimination Toolkit
2 Dec 2021
Product Documentation, Toolkit Component
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit
27 Oct 2021
Product Documentation, Toolkit Component
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Toolkit
27 Oct 2021
Road Map
Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
25 Oct 2021
Minutes
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Diversity in Datasets
21 Oct 2021
Working
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Federated Cohort Building
27 Jul 2021
Minutes
Data Security Work Stream
Authorisation and Authentication Infrastructure (AAI)
23 Jul 2021
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Framework for Involving and Engaging Participants, Patients, and Publics in Genomics Research and Health Implementation
1 Jul 2021
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Policy on Clinically Actionable Genomic Research Results
24 Jun 2021
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Genetic Discrimination Toolkit
28 May 2021
Working
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Federated Cohort Building
27 May 2021
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit
13 May 2021
Minutes, Agenda
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Federated Cohort Building
11 May 2021
Minutes
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
29 Apr 2021
Agenda
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Genetic Discrimination Toolkit
8 Apr 2021
Minutes
Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit
1 Mar 2021
Working
Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Sequence Annotation (SA)
6 Feb 2021
Product Documentation, Toolkit Component
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Toolkit
20 Jan 2021
Minutes
Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
15 Dec 2020
Minutes
Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
Data Use Ontology (DUO)
14 Dec 2020
Minutes
Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
Passports
14 Dec 2020
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
htsget
12 Dec 2020
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
Genetic Data Encryption (Crypt4GH)
8 Dec 2020
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
CRAM, Genetic Variation Formats (VCF), Browser Extensible Data (BED)
8 Dec 2020
Minutes
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
Genetic Variation Formats (VCF)
8 Dec 2020
Minutes
Discovery Work Stream
Data Connect
7 Dec 2020
Minutes
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Toolkit
28 Sep 2020
Product Documentation, Toolkit Component
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Toolkit
8 Jul 2020
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Ethics Review Recognition Policy
8 Jul 2020
Other
Cloud Work Stream
Workflow Execution Service (WES), Tool Registry Service (TRS), Task Execution Service (TES), Data Repository Service (DRS)
8 Jun 2020
Minutes
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Phenopackets
27 May 2020
Minutes
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Toolkit
11 Mar 2020
Minutes
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Toolkit
31 Jan 2020
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Framework for responsible sharing of genomic and health-related data
3 Sep 2019
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Policy
2 Sep 2019
Recording
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
29 Aug 2019
Minutes
Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
7 Aug 2019
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Data Privacy and Security Policy
1 Aug 2019
Product Documentation, Toolkit Component
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Toolkit
1 Aug 2019
Working
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Pedigree
8 Jul 2019
Presentation
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Pedigree
4 Jul 2019
Other
Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
CRAM
26 Apr 2019
Minutes
Discovery Work Stream
Beacon, Data Connect, Service Info, Service Registry
25 Jan 2019
Minutes
Discovery Work Stream
Beacon
22 Jan 2019
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
7 Jan 2019
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
20 Mar 2018
Minutes
Discovery Work Stream
Data Connect, Beacon, Service Registry, Service Info
25 Sep 2017
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Ethics Review Recognition Policy
13 Feb 2017
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
1 Sep 2016
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
15 Mar 2016
Toolkit Component
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Pedigree, Family History Toolkit
7 Feb 2016
Toolkit Component
Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream, Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Pedigree, Family History Toolkit
7 Feb 2016
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
1 Feb 2016
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
21 Jan 2016
Other
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
1 Jan 2016
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Consent Policy
27 May 2015
Product Documentation
Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Data Privacy and Security Policy
26 May 2015
Product Documentation
Data Security Work Stream
Data Security Infrastructure Policy (DSIP)
12 Mar 2015