| 1 | Tab2Mage Files Specification Instructions. (All the example zip files provided on the downlad page adhere to this instructions) |
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| 3 | Experiment Section |
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| 6 | Experiment name (i.e. name in the tab2mage file) , and submitter are mandatory and must be provided. |
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| 8 | Protocol Section |
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| 9 | ----------------------- |
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| 11 | accession, text, type, name, parameters headers must all be provided. |
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| 12 | For every protocol with an accession number e.g P-TOXM-3, the protocol type, protocol name must be provided else the tab2mage spreadsheet is not valid. |
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| 13 | If parameters are used in the Hybridization section, they must be specified here otherwise, the loading will fail. |
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| 16 | Hybridization Section |
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| 17 | ----------------------------- |
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| 18 | Header: |
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| 19 | ---------- |
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| 20 | Hybridization, Labeled Extract, Dye, Extract, Sample, Biosource, Array[accession] must be provided. |
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| 21 | At least one BioMaterial Characteristics should be provided |
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| 22 | At least one Experimental Factor should be provided |
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| 23 | Protocol headers e.g. Protocol[Hybridization] must be amongst the known ones allowed in the Tab2Mage Specification (http://tab2mage.sourceforge.net/.) |
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| 24 | If the experimnent involves pooling, protocol[pool] header must be specified in the Hybridization section and the Protocol section |
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| 26 | Hybridization Data |
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| 27 | ------------------------ |
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| 28 | The raw data file specified in the File[raw] column must be provided in the zip file to be loaded. |
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| 29 | If an image file is provided it must be provided in the zip file to be loaded. |
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| 30 | Array Design specified in the Array[accession] column must exist in BASE2 and owned /or shared to the user running the tab2mage importer. |
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| 32 | The above instructions are in addition to the ArrayExpress Tab2Mage Instructions at - http://tab2mage.sourceforge.net/ . Please check this out for more information if needed. |
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