Submission of microarray data to public repositories.

The Microarray Gene Expression Data Society believe that the time is right for journals to require that microarray data be deposited in public repositories, as a condition for publication

Design and implementation of microarray gene expression markup language (MAGE-ML).

Background: Meaningful exchange of microarray data is currently difficult because it is rare that published data provide sufficient information depth or are even in the same format from one publication to another. Only when data can be easily exchanged will the entire biological community be able to derive the full benefit from such microarray studies.

Results: To this end we have developed three key ingredients towards standardizing the storage and exchange of microarray data.