Figure 1

Two views of MiMiR. Figure 1a shows information flow in and out of the database. Information about the experimental design, spots on the array (the sequence of each reporter), signal intensities for each coordinate on the scanned array and the derived spot level data are uploaded into the database. The same interface is also used for queries and to update the data. Information about the data in MiMiR is available via web-based reports. Data on individual experiments may be exported as MAGE-ML to databases such as ArrayExpress. Figure 1b shows the architecture of the database and the underlying applications. The BC4J framework drives interactions between the user interface and the data model. JClient mediates navigation of the database. XDK permits the creation of XML directly from MiMiR. Tomcat offers potential for remote access of the database by users on different sites.