The Human Variome Project is working towards creating standards for the collection, storage and use of genetic variation information. As a result of the inaugural HVP Annual Meeting in 2006, 96 recommendations were produced and published in Nature Genetics.

Through its Working Groups, the Human Variome Project is creating more recommendations to guide the development of systems to capture all human genetic variation. If you are interested in contributing to this process, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The document viewable via the link below  is an amalgamation of the recommendations and plans of the first two Human Variome Project Biannual Meetings: HVP1 2006 (2006; Initiation, Melbourne, Australia) and HVP2 (2008; Planning, Costa Brava, Spain). Although the outcomes of these meetings were highly valuable, there was a lack of coherent structure in the subsequent published meeting reports, therefore this amalgamated document has been produced.

HVP Recommendations and Plans