Author Contributions
L.F.N., D.P., M.W., and P.D. conceived the method and supervised its implementation
and wrote the manuscript.
I.P., L.F.N., M.E., and T.A. created the FBMN prototype in Optimus.
M.W., L.F.N. D.P. and Z.Z. created the FBMN workflow on GNPS.
R.S., L.F.N, M.W., D.P., A.K., M.F, Z.Z., A.S., and T.P. developed the GNPS Export
module in MZmine.
K.D., A.K., M.L., and S.B. developed the spectral clustering algorithm and SIRIUS
export in MZmine.
A.S., and L.F.N. created the GNPS Export tool in OpenMS, with the guidance from F.A,
O.A., and O.K.
J.R. and M.Wit. created the XCMS export tool.
H.T, M.W. and L.F.N. made possible the integration with MS-DIAL.
L.F.N., A.B., H.N., F.Z. and T.D. made possible the integration with MetaboScape.
M.W., G.I., B.S., S.W.M. and J.M. made possible the integration with Progenesis QI.
F.V. performed the mass spectrometry for the plasma and NIST1950SRM samples.
A.A. performed the mass spectrometry for the American Gut Project samples.
A.K.J, L.F.N, and A.Tri. analyzed the results of the plasma samples.
J.R and L.F.N. performed the XCMS processing of the forensic dataset.
L.F.N. and M.W. created the FBMN documentation.
D.P., L.F.N. and R.d.S. created the MZmine documentation.
K.B.K., H.Y. created the MS-DIAL documentation.
F.V., J.M.G. K.W., and A.K.J. prepared the MS-DIAL video tutorial.
M.W., R.S., D.P. prepared the MZmine video tutorials.
M.E., R.d.S., J.R., O.M., and S.N. created the XCMS documentation.
L.F.N and A.S. created the OpenMS documentation.
L.F.N, N.H.N., and T.D, created the MetaboScape documentation.
M.C., and L.-I. M. documented the FBMN interface workflow.
M.N.-E., I.K., and C.M created the Cytoscape documentation.
H.M, A.G., M.W. and L.F.N. made the integration with DEREPLICATOR.
M.W., J.J.J.v.d.H, M.E. and S.R. made the integration with MS2LDA.
R.d.S made the integration with NAP.
M.M., N.B., X.C., J.P., N.G. R.A.Q, A.A., Z.K., and S.N. tested and provided suggestions
on how to improve the methods.
J.J.J.v.d.H., T.A., A.K.J., T.P., V.V.P., A.L.G, L.-I.M., P.-M.A., S.B., and S.N.
improved the manuscript.
All authors have contributed to the final manuscript.