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BioInvestigation Index (BII) is a new prototype infrastructure set to provide users with a common structured representation and storage mechanism for a variety of biological, biomedical and environmental studies.
The figure below illustrates the BII infrastructure and its main components: ISAcreator standalone editor tool, internal import layer, BII repository and its query interface.
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Although relying on other EBI production systems, the BII infrastructure shields the users from their diverse formats and ontologies, by progressively implementing in the editor tool integrative cross-domain 'standards' such as MIBBI, OBO Foundry and ISA-TAB.
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