The first pPod workshop happened last month at NESCent, and some of the presentations are online on the pPod Wiki. Although I'm a "consultant" I couldn't be there, which is a pity because it looks to have been an interesting meeting. When pPod was first announced I blogged some of my own thoughts on phylogenetics databases. The first meeting had lots of interesting stuff on workflows and data integration, as well as outlining the problems faced by large-scale systematics. Some relevant links (partly here to as a reminder to myself to explore these further):
- Orchestra a collaborative data sharing system
- MIAPA Minimal Information About a Phylogenetic Analysis (see also doi:10.1089/omi.2006.10.231)
- BioSQL persistent storage of sequences and features
