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Main functionalities
file sanity check
two levels of checking:
– A relax one: allowing the usual mistakes
If the data are identified, the converting process can be done.
– A strict one: exactly match the specification.
two execution modes:
– a complete mode, check of all data;
– A step-by-step mode: stop at each error -> correction one by one
data conversion
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Additional functionalities (GUI)
Array design data visualisation
ADF creator helper
– Automatic annotation process (G.O./EnsMart)
– ADF creation steps:
1. Choice of array application (GE | CGH | ChIP) & type of microarray
design
2. Filling of data fields:
Data pasting or importing from a spotter output file.
Help for database entry item
auto-complete mechanism for controlled vocabulary fields
data sanity check.
3. optional "Automatic annotation“
4. Exporting in ADF or converting to MAGE-ML