TODO
Genetic Resource
vr.wm-liv-008 · wm-liv-008-genetic-resource
Held genetic material with its origin, access and benefit-sharing terms.
World Models Physical world and living systems PHY.LIV.GEN
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
3 bundles · 3 layers · 5 findings · 10 questions
Material and origin What the resource is and where it came from.
Accession and provenance
The held sample and its collection origin.
Accession identity
A distinct sample held by a genebank or collection.
- Which holding institution and accession number identify the material?
- Which taxon does the material belong to, and how was it identified?
Collection origin
Where, when and by whom the material was collected.
- In which country and at which site was the material collected, and when?
- Was the material collected from the wild, from farmers' fields or from another collection?
Access and benefit sharing Under what terms the material may be used.
Rights and permits
Prior informed consent, mutually agreed terms and transfer agreements.
Access authorisation
The permit or consent under which the material was obtained.
- Was prior informed consent obtained from the provider country where required?
- Which permit or certificate of compliance documents the access?
Transfer terms
Material transfer agreements and their use restrictions.
- Under which material transfer agreement was the material received or passed on?
- Does the agreement restrict commercial use, further transfer or patenting?
Conservation state Whether the material remains viable and usable.
Storage and viability
Storage conditions, viability tests and regeneration.
Viability status
The latest viability result and regeneration need.
- What was the result of the last viability test, and when was it done?
- Is regeneration or a safety duplicate needed for this accession?
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.PHY.LIV.GEN
- Domain
- PHY.LIV.GEN
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- geneticresourcephy.liv.gen
What it is Filled
A genetic resource is material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity that has actual or potential value, together with the rights and access conditions attached to it. It covers held or collected material such as seed accessions, germplasm and cultures; the organism as a living individual and the digital sequence data derived from it are separate subjects.
Why it exists Filled
Held genetic material with its origin, access and benefit-sharing terms.
Distinguishing features Filled
- It is held hereditary material with access and benefit-sharing terms, not the living organism as an individual.
- Provenance and the legal basis of access are part of the subject, unlike an ordinary laboratory sample.
- Distinct from digital sequence information, which is data derived from the material.
- Distinct from a taxon, which classifies organisms but carries no holding or rights.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Release material or its data in breach of prior informed consent or mutually agreed terms.
- Remove or alter provenance and rights information attached to an accession.
- Advise on moving regulated material across borders without the required permits.
- Present an accession as freely usable when its access status is unknown.
Only with a human decision
- Signing or accepting a material transfer agreement.
- Approving distribution of material subject to access and benefit-sharing obligations.
- Deciding to discard or deaccession material.
May
- Report passport data, provenance and availability of accessions.
- Check whether a requested use is compatible with the recorded transfer terms.
- Flag accessions whose viability results call for regeneration.
Moral aspects Filled
- Provider countries, indigenous peoples and local communities are entitled to share in benefits from their resources.
- Loss of conserved material can erase genetic diversity that cannot be recovered.
- Some material carries biosafety or biosecurity concerns that require controlled handling.
Who is affected
- Provider countries and communities
- Genebanks and collections
- Breeders and researchers
- Farmers who depend on diverse varieties
Owners Filled
Steward
The genebank or culture collection curator answers for the accession, its conservation and its access terms.
Master systems
- Genebank information systems
- Culture collection catalogues
- Access and benefit-sharing clearing-house records
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- wm-liv-001-taxon - Each resource belongs to a taxon classified there.
related
- wm-liv-024-biobank-sample-repository - Collections that hold resources are repositories modelled there.
neighbor
- wm-liv-018-crop-variety-cultivar - Cultivars are frequent sources of plant genetic resources.
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- An accession is identified by the holding institution's code and its accession number.
- Plant genetic resources may carry a digital object identifier issued through the Treaty's global information system.
- Access under the Nagoya Protocol may be documented by an internationally recognised certificate of compliance.
Direct properties required Filled
- Quantity held, as number of seeds or units or mass in grams.
- Germination or viability percentage with the test date.
- Seed moisture content as a percentage of mass.
- Storage temperature in degrees Celsius for seed, in vitro or cryopreserved material.
- DNA concentration and purity where extracted material is held.
Recognition required Filled
- A genetic resource record carries passport data, taxon, origin, holder and access terms.
- Often confused with a living organism in the field, a herbarium specimen or sequence data.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Accessions can be conserved, regenerated, duplicated for safety and distributed under agreements.
- Passport and characterisation data can be shared with global information systems.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Misappropriation of resources in breach of access and benefit-sharing rules.
- Loss of viability or identity through poor storage or mislabelling.
- Spread of pests or pathogens with transferred material.
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- FAO and Bioversity Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors for passport data.
- Darwin Core for occurrence and specimen data.
- Standard Material Transfer Agreement of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources.
Context of use required Filled
- Used by genebanks, culture collections, breeders and researchers.
- Governed by the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Nagoya Protocol and, for food and agriculture plants, the International Treaty.
Sources Filled
- Convention on Biological Diversity (United Nations)
- Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits (CBD Secretariat)
- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
Open questions
- Planned model: boundary questions, research and every section remain to be written.
Machine files
Provenance
planned (registry candidate) · todo
Built from: models/runtime-index.json, ver-cy/world-models/card-supplements/wm-liv-008-genetic-resource.json
Planned entry, hidden from the catalogue until researched.