| 摘要 |
A method and system for sharing validated experimental data (e.g., cell experimental data). Raw experimental data is accepted and divided into one or more raw data components using a modifiable data object model. The modifiable data object model includes a small hierarchical structure that does not waste storage space and can be expanded by users. The modifiable data object model can be modified by a user to add raw experimental data for virtually any experiment conducted by a user. The raw experimental data is validated and if desired made available to other researchers via a publicly accessible server on a computer network (e.g., the Internet), thereby allowing the validated experimental data to be shared by researchers via the computer network. The publicly accessible server is associated with a knowledge repository for accumulating a body of knowledge for researchers in a particular field (e.g., cell biology). The raw experimental data can also be automatically validated with a pre-determined validation process to create validated experimental data. The validated experimental data is made available immediately after validation on a publicly accessible server on a computer network. The present invention may also be used to further facilitate a user's understanding of biological functions, such as cell functions, to design experiments more intelligently and to analyze experimental results more thoroughly by making raw and validated experimental data immediately available via a computer network after input. Specifically, the present invention may help drug discovery scientists select better targets for pharmaceutical intervention in the hope of curing diseases. The method and system may also help facilitate the abstraction of knowledge from information for biological experimental data and provide new bioinformatic techniques. |
