Proteomics Standards Initiative

[8] The corresponding data exchange format is called GelML, and a stable version was released in late 2007.

Two documents concerning column chromatography and capillary electrophoresis are in the early draft stages and the Sample preparation and handling is still a project (as of April 2009).

The working group has released several data exchange format: the mzML, for the capture of data generated by a mass spectrometer, which is a merge of the previous mzData (developed by PSI) and mzXML (developed at the Seattle Proteome Center at the Institute for Systems Biology); mzIdentML, for Mass spectra informatics analysis that capture the results of the identification of proteins and peptides from mass spectrometry data; and TraML, for selected reaction monitoring input file.

They have published the MIMIx guidelines (minimum information about a molecular interaction experiment) Study design and sample generation and statistical analysis of data MIAPE recommendations are also being planned or drafted.

[7] Several standard-compliant proteomics repositories exist, allowing researchers to publish their data while enforcing MIAPE guidelines.