Standard: MPEG-G
Part: 3

API for Genomic Information Representation

Editions

Edition - 1: API and Metadata

Publication Year: 0
Status: released
Motivations: The development of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies enable the usage of genomic information as everyday practice in several fields, but the growing volume of data generated becomes a serious obstacle for a wide diffusion. The lack of an appropriate representation and efficient compression of genomic data is widely recognized as a critical element limiting its application potential. ISO/TC 276 and MPEG have combined their respective expertise and missions to develop a compression standard capable of providing new effective solutions for genomic information processing applications.
Objectives: To specify the API to access genomic informatiom to \r\n1. Simplify the usage and manipulation of sequencing data sets for genomic analysis applications\r\n2. Ensure interoperability of transport and storage formats at all levels of the various processing pipelines.

Edition - 2: Genomic Information Metadata and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Publication Year: 0
Status: ongoing
Motivations: Fix some identified errors in metadata protection definition and API specifications.
Objectives: Provide a consistent specification supporting protection technologies and advanced APIs.

Meeting documents

MPEG 143

Publication date	Title
2023-10-24	Approaches under discussion for the MPEG-G support of provenance information

MPEG 139

Publication date	Title
2022-11-03	Proposed Solutions to support ISO 23494 Biotechnology – Provenance Information Model for Biological Material and Data