All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractXmlAnnotation, AbstractXmlAnnotation, AbstractXmlAnnotation, DefaultAnnotation, DefaultXmlAnnotation, DefaultXmlAnnotation, DefaultXmlAnnotation, MitabAnnotation, XmlAnnotation, XmlAnnotation, XmlAnnotation
```
public interface Annotation
```
An Annotations gives some information about a specific topic. Ex: topic = 'dataset' and value = 'Alzheimers - Interactions investigated in the context of Alzheimers disease'
Since:
```
22/11/12
```
Version:

$Id$

Author:

Marine Dumousseau (marine@ebi.ac.uk)

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static String`	`AUTHOR`	Constant `AUTHOR="author-list"`
`static String`	`AUTHOR_MI`	Constant `AUTHOR_MI="MI:0636"`
`static String`	`BIPARTITE_EXPANSION`	Constant `BIPARTITE_EXPANSION="bipartite expansion"`
`static String`	`BIPARTITE_EXPANSION_MI`	Constant `BIPARTITE_EXPANSION_MI="MI:1062"`
`static String`	`CAUTION`	Constant `CAUTION="caution"`
`static String`	`CAUTION_MI`	Constant `CAUTION_MI="MI:0618"`
`static String`	`CLUSTERED`	Constant `CLUSTERED="clustered"`
`static String`	`CLUSTERED_MI`	Constant `CLUSTERED_MI="MI:1052"`
`static String`	`COMMENT`	Constant `COMMENT="comment"`
`static String`	`COMMENT_MI`	Constant `COMMENT_MI="MI:0612"`
`static String`	`COMPLEX_EXPANSION`	Constant `COMPLEX_EXPANSION="complex expansion"`
`static String`	`COMPLEX_EXPANSION_MI`	Constant `COMPLEX_EXPANSION_MI="MI:1059"`
`static String`	`COMPLEX_PROPERTIES`	Constant `COMPLEX_PROPERTIES="complex-properties"`
`static String`	`COMPLEX_PROPERTIES_MI`	Constant `COMPLEX_PROPERTIES_MI="MI:0629"`
`static String`	`CONTACT_EMAIL`	Constant `CONTACT_EMAIL="contact-email"`
`static String`	`CONTACT_EMAIL_MI`	Constant `CONTACT_EMAIL_MI="MI:0634"`
`static String`	`CURATION_DEPTH`	Constant `CURATION_DEPTH="curation depth"`
`static String`	`CURATION_DEPTH_MI`	Constant `CURATION_DEPTH_MI="MI:0955"`
`static String`	`EVIDENCE`	Constant `EVIDENCE="evidence"`
`static String`	`EVIDENCE_MI`	Constant `EVIDENCE_MI="MI:1051"`
`static String`	`EXP_MODIFICATION`	Constant `EXP_MODIFICATION="experiment modification"`
`static String`	`EXP_MODIFICATION_MI`	Constant `EXP_MODIFICATION_MI="MI:0627"`
`static String`	`EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED`	Constant `EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED="experimentally-observed"`
`static String`	`EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED_MI`	Constant `EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED_MI="MI:1054"`
`static String`	`FIGURE_LEGEND`	Constant `FIGURE_LEGEND="figure legend"`
`static String`	`FIGURE_LEGEND_MI`	Constant `FIGURE_LEGEND_MI="MI:0599"`
`static String`	`FULL_COVERAGE`	Constant `FULL_COVERAGE="full coverage"`
`static String`	`FULL_COVERAGE_MI`	Constant `FULL_COVERAGE_MI="MI:0957"`
`static String`	`IMEX_CURATION`	Constant `IMEX_CURATION="imex curation"`
`static String`	`IMEX_CURATION_MI`	Constant `IMEX_CURATION_MI="MI:0959"`
`static String`	`IMPORTED`	Constant `IMPORTED="imported"`
`static String`	`IMPORTED_MI`	Constant `IMPORTED_MI="MI:1058"`
`static String`	`INTERNALLY_CURATED`	Constant `INTERNALLY_CURATED="internally-curated"`
`static String`	`INTERNALLY_CURATED_MI`	Constant `INTERNALLY_CURATED_MI="MI:1055"`
`static String`	`MATRIX_EXPANSION`	Constant `MATRIX_EXPANSION="matrix expansion"`
`static String`	`MATRIX_EXPANSION_MI`	Constant `MATRIX_EXPANSION_MI="MI:1061"`
`static String`	`MIMIX_CURATION`	Constant `MIMIX_CURATION="mimix curation"`
`static String`	`MIMIX_CURATION_MI`	Constant `MIMIX_CURATION_MI="MI:0960"`
`static String`	`NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN`	Constant `NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN="nucleicacid-protein"`
`static String`	`NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN_MI`	Constant `NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN_MI="MI:1049"`
`static String`	`PARTIAL_COVERAGE`	Constant `PARTIAL_COVERAGE="partial coverage"`
`static String`	`PARTIAL_COVERAGE_MI`	Constant `PARTIAL_COVERAGE_MI="MI:0958"`
`static String`	`POSTAL_ADDRESS`	Constant `POSTAL_ADDRESS="postaladdress"`
`static String`	`PREDICTED`	Constant `PREDICTED="predicted"`
`static String`	`PREDICTED_MI`	Constant `PREDICTED_MI="MI:1057"`
`static String`	`PROTEIN_PROTEIN`	Constant `PROTEIN_PROTEIN="protein-protein"`
`static String`	`PROTEIN_PROTEIN_MI`	Constant `PROTEIN_PROTEIN_MI="MI:1047"`
`static String`	`PUBLICATION_JOURNAL`	Constant `PUBLICATION_JOURNAL="journal"`
`static String`	`PUBLICATION_JOURNAL_MI`	Constant `PUBLICATION_JOURNAL_MI="MI:0885"`
`static String`	`PUBLICATION_TITLE`	Constant `PUBLICATION_TITLE="publication title"`
`static String`	`PUBLICATION_TITLE_MI`	Constant `PUBLICATION_TITLE_MI="MI:1091"`
`static String`	`PUBLICATION_YEAR`	Constant `PUBLICATION_YEAR="publication year"`
`static String`	`PUBLICATION_YEAR_MI`	Constant `PUBLICATION_YEAR_MI="MI:0886"`
`static String`	`RAPID_CURATION`	Constant `RAPID_CURATION="rapid curation"`
`static String`	`RAPID_CURATION_MI`	Constant `RAPID_CURATION_MI="MI:0961"`
`static String`	`SEARCH_URL`	Constant `SEARCH_URL="search-url"`
`static String`	`SEARCH_URL_MI`	Constant `SEARCH_URL_MI="MI:0615"`
`static String`	`SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN`	Constant `SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN="smallmolecule-protein"`
`static String`	`SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN_MI`	Constant `SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN_MI="MI:1048"`
`static String`	`SPOKE_EXPANSION`	Constant `SPOKE_EXPANSION="spoke expansion"`
`static String`	`SPOKE_EXPANSION_MI`	Constant `SPOKE_EXPANSION_MI="MI:1060"`
`static String`	`TEXT_MINING`	Constant `TEXT_MINING="text-mining"`
`static String`	`TEXT_MINING_MI`	Constant `TEXT_MINING_MI="MI:1056"`
`static String`	`URL`	Constant `URL="url"`
`static String`	`URL_MI`	Constant `URL_MI="MI:0614"`
`static String`	`VALIDATION_REGEXP`	Constant `VALIDATION_REGEXP="id-validation-regexp"`
`static String`	`VALIDATION_REGEXP_MI`	Constant `VALIDATION_REGEXP_MI="MI:0628"`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CvTerm`	`getTopic()`	The annotation topic is a controlled vocabulary term and it cannot be null.
`String`	`getValue()`	The value of this annotation.
`void`	`setValue(String value)`	Set the value of this annotation.

- Field Detail
  - COMPLEX_PROPERTIES
```
static final String COMPLEX_PROPERTIES
```
    Constant COMPLEX_PROPERTIES="complex-properties"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - COMPLEX_PROPERTIES_MI
```
static final String COMPLEX_PROPERTIES_MI
```
    Constant COMPLEX_PROPERTIES_MI="MI:0629"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - CAUTION
```
static final String CAUTION
```
    Constant CAUTION="caution"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - CAUTION_MI
```
static final String CAUTION_MI
```
    Constant CAUTION_MI="MI:0618"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - COMMENT
```
static final String COMMENT
```
    Constant COMMENT="comment"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - COMMENT_MI
```
static final String COMMENT_MI
```
    Constant COMMENT_MI="MI:0612"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - COMPLEX_EXPANSION
```
static final String COMPLEX_EXPANSION
```
    Constant COMPLEX_EXPANSION="complex expansion"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - COMPLEX_EXPANSION_MI
```
static final String COMPLEX_EXPANSION_MI
```
    Constant COMPLEX_EXPANSION_MI="MI:1059"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - SPOKE_EXPANSION
```
static final String SPOKE_EXPANSION
```
    Constant SPOKE_EXPANSION="spoke expansion"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - SPOKE_EXPANSION_MI
```
static final String SPOKE_EXPANSION_MI
```
    Constant SPOKE_EXPANSION_MI="MI:1060"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - MATRIX_EXPANSION
```
static final String MATRIX_EXPANSION
```
    Constant MATRIX_EXPANSION="matrix expansion"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MATRIX_EXPANSION_MI
```
static final String MATRIX_EXPANSION_MI
```
    Constant MATRIX_EXPANSION_MI="MI:1061"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - BIPARTITE_EXPANSION
```
static final String BIPARTITE_EXPANSION
```
    Constant BIPARTITE_EXPANSION="bipartite expansion"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - BIPARTITE_EXPANSION_MI
```
static final String BIPARTITE_EXPANSION_MI
```
    Constant BIPARTITE_EXPANSION_MI="MI:1062"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - URL
```
static final String URL
```
    Constant URL="url"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - URL_MI
```
static final String URL_MI
```
    Constant URL_MI="MI:0614"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - PUBLICATION_TITLE
```
static final String PUBLICATION_TITLE
```
    Constant PUBLICATION_TITLE="publication title"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - PUBLICATION_TITLE_MI
```
static final String PUBLICATION_TITLE_MI
```
    Constant PUBLICATION_TITLE_MI="MI:1091"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - PUBLICATION_JOURNAL
```
static final String PUBLICATION_JOURNAL
```
    Constant PUBLICATION_JOURNAL="journal"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - PUBLICATION_JOURNAL_MI
```
static final String PUBLICATION_JOURNAL_MI
```
    Constant PUBLICATION_JOURNAL_MI="MI:0885"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - PUBLICATION_YEAR
```
static final String PUBLICATION_YEAR
```
    Constant PUBLICATION_YEAR="publication year"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - PUBLICATION_YEAR_MI
```
static final String PUBLICATION_YEAR_MI
```
    Constant PUBLICATION_YEAR_MI="MI:0886"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - AUTHOR
```
static final String AUTHOR
```
    Constant AUTHOR="author-list"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - AUTHOR_MI
```
static final String AUTHOR_MI
```
    Constant AUTHOR_MI="MI:0636"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - CONTACT_EMAIL
```
static final String CONTACT_EMAIL
```
    Constant CONTACT_EMAIL="contact-email"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - CONTACT_EMAIL_MI
```
static final String CONTACT_EMAIL_MI
```
    Constant CONTACT_EMAIL_MI="MI:0634"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - IMEX_CURATION
```
static final String IMEX_CURATION
```
    Constant IMEX_CURATION="imex curation"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - IMEX_CURATION_MI
```
static final String IMEX_CURATION_MI
```
    Constant IMEX_CURATION_MI="MI:0959"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - MIMIX_CURATION
```
static final String MIMIX_CURATION
```
    Constant MIMIX_CURATION="mimix curation"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - MIMIX_CURATION_MI
```
static final String MIMIX_CURATION_MI
```
    Constant MIMIX_CURATION_MI="MI:0960"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - RAPID_CURATION
```
static final String RAPID_CURATION
```
    Constant RAPID_CURATION="rapid curation"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - RAPID_CURATION_MI
```
static final String RAPID_CURATION_MI
```
    Constant RAPID_CURATION_MI="MI:0961"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - FULL_COVERAGE
```
static final String FULL_COVERAGE
```
    Constant FULL_COVERAGE="full coverage"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - FULL_COVERAGE_MI
```
static final String FULL_COVERAGE_MI
```
    Constant FULL_COVERAGE_MI="MI:0957"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - CURATION_DEPTH
```
static final String CURATION_DEPTH
```
    Constant CURATION_DEPTH="curation depth"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - CURATION_DEPTH_MI
```
static final String CURATION_DEPTH_MI
```
    Constant CURATION_DEPTH_MI="MI:0955"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - PARTIAL_COVERAGE
```
static final String PARTIAL_COVERAGE
```
    Constant PARTIAL_COVERAGE="partial coverage"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - PARTIAL_COVERAGE_MI
```
static final String PARTIAL_COVERAGE_MI
```
    Constant PARTIAL_COVERAGE_MI="MI:0958"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED
```
static final String EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED
```
    Constant EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED="experimentally-observed"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED_MI
```
static final String EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED_MI
```
    Constant EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED_MI="MI:1054"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - IMPORTED
```
static final String IMPORTED
```
    Constant IMPORTED="imported"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - IMPORTED_MI
```
static final String IMPORTED_MI
```
    Constant IMPORTED_MI="MI:1058"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - INTERNALLY_CURATED
```
static final String INTERNALLY_CURATED
```
    Constant INTERNALLY_CURATED="internally-curated"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - INTERNALLY_CURATED_MI
```
static final String INTERNALLY_CURATED_MI
```
    Constant INTERNALLY_CURATED_MI="MI:1055"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - PREDICTED
```
static final String PREDICTED
```
    Constant PREDICTED="predicted"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - PREDICTED_MI
```
static final String PREDICTED_MI
```
    Constant PREDICTED_MI="MI:1057"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - TEXT_MINING
```
static final String TEXT_MINING
```
    Constant TEXT_MINING="text-mining"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - TEXT_MINING_MI
```
static final String TEXT_MINING_MI
```
    Constant TEXT_MINING_MI="MI:1056"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN
```
static final String NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN
```
    Constant NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN="nucleicacid-protein"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN_MI
```
static final String NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN_MI
```
    Constant NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN_MI="MI:1049"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - PROTEIN_PROTEIN
```
static final String PROTEIN_PROTEIN
```
    Constant PROTEIN_PROTEIN="protein-protein"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - PROTEIN_PROTEIN_MI
```
static final String PROTEIN_PROTEIN_MI
```
    Constant PROTEIN_PROTEIN_MI="MI:1047"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN
```
static final String SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN
```
    Constant SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN="smallmolecule-protein"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN_MI
```
static final String SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN_MI
```
    Constant SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN_MI="MI:1048"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - CLUSTERED
```
static final String CLUSTERED
```
    Constant CLUSTERED="clustered"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - CLUSTERED_MI
```
static final String CLUSTERED_MI
```
    Constant CLUSTERED_MI="MI:1052"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - EVIDENCE
```
static final String EVIDENCE
```
    Constant EVIDENCE="evidence"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - EVIDENCE_MI
```
static final String EVIDENCE_MI
```
    Constant EVIDENCE_MI="MI:1051"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - FIGURE_LEGEND
```
static final String FIGURE_LEGEND
```
    Constant FIGURE_LEGEND="figure legend"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - FIGURE_LEGEND_MI
```
static final String FIGURE_LEGEND_MI
```
    Constant FIGURE_LEGEND_MI="MI:0599"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - EXP_MODIFICATION
```
static final String EXP_MODIFICATION
```
    Constant EXP_MODIFICATION="experiment modification"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - EXP_MODIFICATION_MI
```
static final String EXP_MODIFICATION_MI
```
    Constant EXP_MODIFICATION_MI="MI:0627"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SEARCH_URL
```
static final String SEARCH_URL
```
    Constant SEARCH_URL="search-url"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SEARCH_URL_MI
```
static final String SEARCH_URL_MI
```
    Constant SEARCH_URL_MI="MI:0615"
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - VALIDATION_REGEXP
```
static final String VALIDATION_REGEXP
```
    Constant VALIDATION_REGEXP="id-validation-regexp"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - VALIDATION_REGEXP_MI
```
static final String VALIDATION_REGEXP_MI
```
    Constant VALIDATION_REGEXP_MI="MI:0628"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - POSTAL_ADDRESS
```
static final String POSTAL_ADDRESS
```
    Constant POSTAL_ADDRESS="postaladdress"
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getTopic
```
CvTerm getTopic()
```
    The annotation topic is a controlled vocabulary term and it cannot be null. Ex: dataset, comment, caution, ...
    
    Returns:
    
    the annotation topic
  - getValue
```
String getValue()
```
    The value of this annotation. Usually free text but can be null if the topic itself is just a tag. Ex: NPM1 negatively regulates the MDM2-TP53 interaction.
    
    Returns:
    
    the description of an annotation
  - setValue
```
void setValue(String value)
```
    Set the value of this annotation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - : the value

Interface Annotation

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

COMPLEX_PROPERTIES

COMPLEX_PROPERTIES_MI

CAUTION

CAUTION_MI

COMMENT

COMMENT_MI

COMPLEX_EXPANSION

COMPLEX_EXPANSION_MI

SPOKE_EXPANSION

SPOKE_EXPANSION_MI

MATRIX_EXPANSION

MATRIX_EXPANSION_MI

BIPARTITE_EXPANSION

BIPARTITE_EXPANSION_MI

URL

URL_MI

PUBLICATION_TITLE

PUBLICATION_TITLE_MI

PUBLICATION_JOURNAL

PUBLICATION_JOURNAL_MI

PUBLICATION_YEAR

PUBLICATION_YEAR_MI

AUTHOR

AUTHOR_MI

CONTACT_EMAIL

CONTACT_EMAIL_MI

IMEX_CURATION

IMEX_CURATION_MI

MIMIX_CURATION

MIMIX_CURATION_MI

RAPID_CURATION

RAPID_CURATION_MI

FULL_COVERAGE

FULL_COVERAGE_MI

CURATION_DEPTH

CURATION_DEPTH_MI

PARTIAL_COVERAGE

PARTIAL_COVERAGE_MI

EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED

EXPERIMENTALLY_OBSERVED_MI

IMPORTED

IMPORTED_MI

INTERNALLY_CURATED

INTERNALLY_CURATED_MI

PREDICTED

PREDICTED_MI

TEXT_MINING

TEXT_MINING_MI

NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN

NUCLEIC_ACID_PROTEIN_MI

PROTEIN_PROTEIN

PROTEIN_PROTEIN_MI

SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN

SMALL_MOLECULE_PROTEIN_MI

CLUSTERED

CLUSTERED_MI

EVIDENCE

EVIDENCE_MI

FIGURE_LEGEND

FIGURE_LEGEND_MI

EXP_MODIFICATION

EXP_MODIFICATION_MI

SEARCH_URL

SEARCH_URL_MI

VALIDATION_REGEXP

VALIDATION_REGEXP_MI

POSTAL_ADDRESS

Method Detail

getTopic

getValue

setValue