Genomics informatics - Omics Markup Language (OML) (ISO 21393:2021)

2Scope / Description

Basically OML is the data exchanging format that is designed to facilitate exchanging theomics data around the world without forcing to change any database schema.- From Informatics side of view, OML is the data exchanging format based on XML. Here thedata exchanging format in the messaging and communication is in the scope, but thedatabase schema itself is out of the scope of this document.- From biological side of view, all kinds of omics are in consideration and are in the scope ofthis document, the genomic sequence variations and the whole genomic sequence are out ofthe scope of this document.- In otherwise, the annotations as clinical concerns and the relation with other omics concernsare in the scope of this document.- Though omics exist in various biological species, the scope of this document is in thehuman health associated species as human, cell line, and preclinical animals. The otherbiological species are out of the scope of this document.- The clinical field is in the scope of this document, but the basic research fields and otherscientific fields are out of the scope of this document.- Here the clinical trials including drug discovery is in the scope of this document. As forsupposed application fields, our main focus is in human health including clinical practice,preventive medicine, translational research, and clinical researches.