XSPAN User Interface

The GUI allows users to select a target organism or cell ontologyfrom a drop-down list. The anatomy of the selected organism/ontology appears in the left hand display window. The user then browses the anatomy displayed and highlights the initial tissue to be used for searching.

A target organism (or "All") is selected from the second drop-down list and this anatomy/ontology diplays in the right hand display window. A mapping type (or "All") is selected to determine the basis of any tissue-to-tissue mappings. If "Expert" or "Derived" are chosen, a mapping sub-type drop-down list appears to allow the user to refine the mapping type.

The user then clicks the Search button and any mappings between the selected initial tissue and the target organism/s are retrieved from the database. These are listed according to target organism in the Results Table.

Clicking on a row in the Results Table will bring up the target organism for that row in the right-hand display, and the mapped tissues are highlighted with the tree expanded to the mapped tissues. An new frame with full details of the mapping then appears to the right.

Screenshot of the XSPAN applet GUI.

Click here or on the image above to see a larger version of the screenshot.

The XSPAN GUI (Graphical User Interfaces) is now publically available, running as an applet. Click on the link below to access it.

XSPAN applet

To access the Help Pages for the Applets click on the following links:

XSPAN Applet Help

Click on a menu option for more details of XSPAN.