The Beacon project was launched in 2014 to show the willingness of researchers to enable the secure sharing of genomic data from participants of genomic studies. Beacons are web-servers that answer questions such as Does your dataset include a genome that has a specific nucleotide (e.g. G) at a specific genomic coordinate (e.g. Chr.1 position 111,111)? to which the Beacon must respond with yes or no, without referring to a specific individual.
The specification is done in OpenAPI format and it is online in Swagger Hub. The overall design is explained in beacon.md document.
This project is licensed under the terms of the Apache2.0 license.
Guidelines for contributing to this repository are listed in the CONTRIBUTING.md document. To introduce new development ideas or enhancements please use this wiki-page.
Use Swagger Validator Badge to validate the YAML file.
All members of the ga4gh-beacon GitHub organisation have access to the projects page.
This page is used to plan and manage the work across the ga4gh-beacon repositories, allowing everyone to see what’s already in motion and to work together without duplicating effort.
More information for developers is available on our wiki. A list of related tools and projects developed by the community is maintained on the Resources page.
To enable a long-term contact for potential security flaws an email address of [email protected] has been set up. This email will be monitored by the GA4GH secretariat and GA4GH security members to allow for an incoming response to be directed to appropriate parties.