The Beacon protocol defines an open standard for genomics data discovery, developed by members of the Global Alliance for Genomics & Health. It provides a framework for public web services responding to queries against genomic data collections, for instance from population based or disease specific genome repositories.
This repository contains the specification for the v2 major version upgrade of the Beacon API. It is now (2020) under active development and has not seen a stable code release.
For further information, please follow the work here and consult the Beacon Project website.