As with MIBiG, we expect that the research community represented by the planned MITE 1.0 publication that will follow this preprint will commit to submit MITE-compliant data when publishing experimental results on NP-acting tailoring enzymes/maturases. The unique MITE entry accession numbers will also serve as permanent identifiers, to be used in publications. Lastly, we invite the larger NP community to participate in systemizing knowledge about tailoring enzymes/maturases in the MITE data standard. We anticipate that this community effort will further enhance our knowledge about natural product chemistry.