1. QTL Database Round Table Discussion:
Towards Minimal Information for Publication and Phenotype Ontology Development
Dave Burt
James M. Reecy
Funding for meeting was kindly provided by

2. Agenda Short overviews of QTL databases
1:05 - Animal QTLdb (Zhiliang Hu)
1:15 - Roslin Institute (Andy Law)
1:25 - Rat Genome Database (Mary Shimoyama
1:35 - Mouse Genome Database (Susan Bello)
1:45 - Cattle QTL Database (David Adelson)
1:55 - dbGaP (Kim Pruitt)

3. Agenda Development of minimal Standards for QTL publication
2:05 - Setting the Stage for MIQAS (Jim Reecy)
2:10 - Minimal Standards for QTL/Association Studies (Jan Aerts)
2:25 - Journal Editors perspective (Alan Archibald)
2:35 - Open discussion on Minimal Standards (Dave Burt, facilitator)
3:00 – Coffee and soda break
3:15 - Continued discussion and Future Objectives

4. Agenda Development of standardized phenotype terminology
3:30 - Overview need to Develop Animal Trait Ontology (Zhiliang Hu)
3:40 - Overview of Animal Trait Ontology and PATO concepts (Laron Hughes)
3:50 – Chicken QTL Phenotype Ontology (Wilfrid Carre)
4:00 - Open discussion on database efforts (Jim Reecy)
         - How can we work together?
4:30 - Sharing/access to curated data
4:55 - Future Directions
5:00 - Concluding remarks (Jim Reecy and Dave Burt)