Towards Standardized Metadata for Animal Phenotyping: Adapting the MIAPPE Framework to Enhance Data Interoperability

Animal phenotyping (e.g., FAANG, PigWeb) generate vast datasets critical for genomics,welfare, and precision livestock farming. However, inconsistent metadata collectionhampers data integration, reproducibility, and reuse across species and projects.We propose a unified minimal metadata standard for animal phenotyping by adapting theMIAPPE (Minimum Information About Plant Phenotyping Experiments) checklist, a well-establishedframework in plant science, to address animal-specific requirements.