DINA Consortium

A Modular System to Manage Samples and Specimens in the Natural Sciences

Samplistic Model
DINA's unique, "samplistic" design model traces complete object histories and preserves links to derivatives and related material​. Our mantra: Uniting data, accelerating discovery

Vision & Mission

Our vision is an interoperable digital information system for natural science that advances research, conservation efforts, and public understanding of the natural world.

Our mission is to build and maintain an open-source, standards-based digital information system for the natural sciences where organizations and experts share in its development and success.

DINA Standards
DINA is standards-compliant from metadata to material samples to their derived data products such as DNA sequences and multimedia.

DINA Demo on Vimeo.