ISA Creator is a `user-friendly` standalone Java application with which experimentalists can report, edit experimental metadata and ultimately validate the ISA-Tab formatted files based on the configuration specified.
Here are some key features of "ISA Creator":
· It draws on spreadsheets, such as Excel, for its look and feel
· It provides a ???wizard??? to assist users in describing an experimental design
· ISA Creator is providing support for visualizations of the structure and balance of studies
· It increases efficiency by remembering prior behavior (via user profiles) and by providing functions such as ???auto fill???, sorting and citation import
· It supports tagging of data with OBO ontology terms accessed in real time via Ontology Lookup Service and BioPortal
· It allows import from existing spreadsheets through a mapping widget
· It can be configured to validate compliance with MIAME, MIAPE, MIGS and other MIBBI minimal requirement and informs the user where required data are missing
· It can be configured to ensure regulate use of ontology and minimum reporting information via the ISAconfigurator tool.
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Overall code and performance improved.
· Mapping function extended to allow mapping to a study with multiple assays.
· Saving operation for the mapping function added: mappings can now be reused and shared.
· Cpu+memory optimization when calling prefuse library in the visualization component.
· GUI improved, including resize of windows to improve readability.
· Publication search on DOIs.
· Merge separate study(s) under one investigation.
· Configuration of http proxy allowed.
· Selection and zipping of directories in file chooser when creating ISArchive.
· Minor fixes (trailing whitespace in header removed, renaming of element in mapper).
