XEML Interactive designer

Data mining depends on the ability to access machine readable metadata that describe genotypes, environmental conditions, and sampling times and strategy. XEmL interactive Designer provides an interactive graphical interface in which complex experiments can be designed, and conjointly generates machine-readable metadata files. It uses a new eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML)-derived dialect termed XEML. The Designer includes a new ontology for environmental conditions, called XEML Environment Ontology. However, to provide versatility, it is designed to be generic and accepts other commonly used ontology formats (OBO,OWL).