The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe, http://www.geome-db.org/) is an open access repository for geographic and ecological metadata associated with biosamples and genetic data. Whereas public databases have served as vital repositories for nucleotide sequences, they do not accession all the metadata required for ecological or evolutionary analyses. GeOMe fills this need, providing a user-friendly, web-based interface for both data contributors and data recipients. The interface allows data contributors to create a customized yet standard-compliant spreadsheet that captures the temporal and geospatial context of each biosample. These metadata are then validated and permanently linked to archived genetic data stored in the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI’s) Sequence Read Archive (SRA) via unique persistent identifiers. By linking ecologically and evolutionarily relevant metadata with publicly archived sequence data in a structured manner, GeOMe sets a gold standard for data management in biodiversity science.

Genomic Observatories Metadatabase（GeOMe，http：//www.geome-db.org/）是一个开放访问存储库，用于存储与生物样本和遗传数据相关的地理和生态元数据。尽管公共数据库已成为核苷酸序列的重要存储库，但它们并未访问生态或进化分析所需的所有元数据。GeOMe满足了这一需求，为数据提供者和数据接收者提供了一个用户友好的基于Web的界面。该界面允许数据提供者创建一个定制的但符合标准的电子表格，以捕获每个生物样本的时间和地理空间背景。然后，这些元数据经过验证，并通过唯一的永久标识符永久链接到国家生物技术信息中心（NCBI）的序列读取档案（SRA）中存储的已存档遗传数据。