Current and roadmap information about the Beacon protocol development can be accessed through the ELIXIR Beacon site.
Beacon v0.3.0 Release
mbaudis 2016-05-31: more ...
Beacon v0.4.0 has been released using the OpenAPI specification.
mbaudis 2018-01-24: more ...
The official Beacon API v1.0.0 has been approved through the GA4GH Product Approval Process.
mbaudis 2018-10-02: more ...
ELIXIR and the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) have announced the release of the first genomic data interoperability standard from the GA4GH 2018 Strategic Roadmap.
mbaudis 2018-10-18: more ...
This article by the OICR public relations team highlights the role of the Beacon project in the GA4GH landscape, with emphasis on the role of Marc Fiume - now an adjunct professor at OICR - as one of the developers of the original protocol.
mbaudis 2018-11-22: more ...