Table 4 Use cases of annotation data types

A Gene in an Arabidopsis Investigation can be connected to a DatabaseEntry describing a reference to related information in the TAIR database [71] and another DatabaseEntry describing a reference to the MIPS database [72]

Each Individual in a C. elegans Investigation is annotated with an OntologyTerm to indicate that it was grown in an environment of either 16°C or 24°C

The Arabidopsis Investigation was annotated with the BibliographicReferences pointing to the paper describing the investigation and expected results

A Protocol describes the 'MapTwoPart' method for QTL mapping and was annotated with the URI linking to the 'MetaNetwork R-package', which contains this method, and a BibliographicReference pointing to the paper [22, 67] that describes the MapTwoPart protocol

A file with a Venn diagram describing the number of masses detected in each population was added as FileAttachement to the Arabidopsis metabolite Investigation