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Open Collaboration in an Institutional Context
T. Metz, M.J. Mendoza, R. ValerioInternational Rice Research Institute
• Mission: Use plant genetic diversity, advanced genomic science, and comparative biology to develop tools and technologies that help plant breeders in the developing world produce better crop varieties for resource-poor farmers.
• Structure:– Created in August 2003– 10 year framework in 2 phases (2004-8, 2009-13)
GCP Network
EMBRAPABrasiliaBrazil
CIPLimaPeru
CIATCali
Colombia
CIMMYTMexico City
Mexico
Cornell University USA
Wageningen University Netherlands
John Innes CentreNorwich
UK
CAASBeijing China
NIAS TsukubaJapan
AgropolisMontpellier
France
IPGRIRomeItaly
WARDABouakéCote d’Ivore
IRRILos BañosPhilippines
ICRISATPatancheruIndia
ICARDAAleppoSyria
IITAIbadanNigeria
ACGTPretoria
South Africa
ICARNew Delhi
India
BIOTECBangkokThailand
INRARabat
MoroccoCINVESTAV
IrapuatoMexico
Instituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare FlorenceItaly
9 CGIAR6 ARIs7 NARS
Partners
Consortium
Linking Data and Applications
ComparativeMap & Trait
Viewer(NCGR/ISYS)
GeneticMap DataSource(s)
Generation Challenge Programme Domain Model & Middleware
GermplasmPassport/
Phenotype/Genotype
Querybuilder
Comparative(Functional)Genomics
Tools
DIVA-GIS
GermplasmData
Source(s)
GenomicsData
Source(s)
GISData
Source(s)
Open Collaboration Web2.0 - 2004
• SourceForge.net– 2004: hosting 50.000+ open source collaborative
software development projects– 2007: 150,000 projects, 1.6 million registered users– http://sourceforge.net
• Wikipedia– 2004: containing 300,000 pages in the English
language version– 2007: 2 million pages in the English version, 7.5 million