FIGURE 1.

Conceptual representation of the modular framework for harmonized data generation within a spatially led Genomic Observatories (GOs) network. (a) Representation of the three principal axes of the GO concept: space, time and genome. (b) Representation of the modular structure for protocol harmonization across GOs. Modules, as basic building blocks of the framework, can provide simple, integrated and interoperable procedures for site‐based characterization of extensive biodiversity fractions. Black block: module 1 (e.g., soil biodiversity); white block: module 2 (e.g., terrestrial arthropods); coloured blocks: protocols or submodules across the sequence of the five steps for a harmonized generation of inventory data within each module. (c) Map showing how modules can be implemented in: (c1) a spatially led network of sites for biodiversity inventory with shallow temporal and genomic efforts (spatial axis for the GO network concept); (c2) replicated through time within a site by repeated module implementation or historical samples (temporal axis for the SuperGO concept); and (c3) complemented with genomic resources (e.g., partial and complete genomes, microbiomes, gut contents) for specimens/assemblages within a site (genomic axis for the SuperGO concept)