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== Background ==

Gas chromatography (GC) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) is one of the most widespread routine technologies applied to the large scale screening and discovery of novel biomarkers in [[metabolomics]]. However, the majority of MSTs currently measured in plant [[metabolomic]] [[profiling]] experiments remains unidentified due to the lack of authenticated pure reference substances and the expensive and time-consuming effort to maintain mass spectral RI libraries required for compound identification by GC-MS.

As the communication of analytical results and other approach-related details such as mass spectral and RI reference information within the scientific community is becoming increasingly popular, open access platforms for information exchange, such as the GMD, are obligatory.

Due to the lack of mandatory standards it remains difficult to compare individual mass spectrums.